Edited by W. Joseph Stroupe with the mission of explaining world events correctly via strategic analysis & forecasting
Gabe Collins is a 2005 Princeton University graduate (AB, Politics, cum laude) who speaks Russian and Chinese and has lived in both countries. A related analysis is slated to appear in Oil and Gas Journal's May 15 issue. Mr. Collins has taken a position as a research fellow in the Naval War College's Strategic Studies Department and will begin work on May 30.
Russia wields a formidable energy weapon. Many countries in Europe and the former Soviet Union get the bulk of their natural gas from Russian pipelines and are thus dependent upon Russia to keep their homes warm and factories running. These supplies cannot be readily substituted in the short and medium term and the Kremlin realizes that this makes gas much more effective than oil as an energy weapon when the target of such a weapon is the European continent....
Jonathan Feiser examines how the ongoing transformation of "al Qaida" and its quest for legitimacy weighs on the chances for victory in the war on terrorism.
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