Tag: oil and the glory (2)
- Aug 15
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Steve LeVine on the Geopolitics of Russia, Georgia and Oil
Why has Russia assaulted Georgia, what does it stand to gain, and how do all parties extricate themselves from the mess?
Posted Aug 15, 2008
- Sep 04
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Unocal's Adventure with the Taliban
In the mid-1990s, the California-based oil giant Unocal decided that it was going to do an end run around its competitors on the Caspian Sea and build an oil pipeline straight through the war zone of Afghanistan. That meant cozying up with the Taliban, but that did not throw the scrappy company.
Posted Sep 04, 2007
