BSEEF | 10 Jan 2011
| The Atlantic Council has appointed Zeynep Dereli as Director of the Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum. In this position, Ms. Dereli will manage and develop the Black Sea Forum, broadening and deepening this Council initiative that made great progress in Bucharest in 2009 and Istanbul in 2010 toward strengthening energy, economic and political dialogue among the Black Sea and adjacent states. Ms. |
Boyko Nitzov & Rustam Makhmudov | 13 Oct 2010
| Many would argue that export-oriented Asian economies are the paragon of economic success and an engine of global growth. Plenty of evidence supports this opinion: the economies of China and India grew by 10-11% and 6-7% annually for the greater part of the last ten years, and even when the global financial crisis induced a downturn, growth prospects in most export-oriented Asian economies stayed positive, albeit slightly less robust. |
Meerim Abdieva & Ross Wilson | 7 Oct 2010
| Kyrgyzstan’s political drama that began with the overthrow of President Bakiyev in April, violent ethnic clashes in the country’s south in June, and a constitutional referendum two weeks later reaches it next pivot point in parliamentary elections that take place on Sunday. |
Alexandros Petersen | 5 Oct 2010
| The Southern Corridor, the planned natural gas link to non-Russian resources in the Caspian and Middle East, will largely determine the future energy security of the European Union. At the moment, the corridor is merely a concept. Only piecemeal infrastructure is in place on the ground in Turkey, which is the key bridge between gas suppliers and consumers. |
Alexandros Petersen | 4 Oct 2010
| For the countries of the greater Black Sea region and Central Asia, the question of how to diversify their economies away from resource dependency or government-dominated industry is central to long-term growth and future political stability. |
Boyko Nitzov | 1 Oct 2010
| In a keynote speech before the Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum in Istanbul, Ambassador Richard Morningstar, the U.S. |
Ross Wilson & Michelle M. Smith | 29 Sep 2010
Today's Zaman | 1 Oct 2010
| Efforts to bring the ambitious Nabucco project to life may face difficulties because of financial constraints, but the grand pipeline will eventually be completed, Turkey’s energy minister, Taner Yıldız, told a high-profile forum discussing energy issues in the Black Sea region yesterday. |
World Bulletin | 30 Sep 2010
| The head of the Turkish oil company said that the company was producing 70,000 barrels of oil a day. The head of the Turkish oil company said on Thursday that the company was producing 70,000 barrels of oil a day. Director General Mehmet Uysal of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) said the company was investing in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Syria. "We are producing 70,000 barrels of oil a day, and taking part in international projects," Uysal said during the Black Sea Energy & Economy Forum 2010 in Istanbul. |
Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar | 30 Sep 2010
| The U.S. Perspective on Eurasian Energy Remarks by Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar |
Civil Georgia | 30 Sep 2010
| Georgian PM, Nika Gilauri, met with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on sidelines of Atlantic Council’s Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum in Istanbul on September 29, the Georgian PM’s office reported. Also on September 29 Georgian Energy Minister, Alexander Khetaguri, signed with his Turkish counterpart, Taner Yildiz, an agreement on bulding a new high-voltage power line to boost export of electricity from Georgia to Turkey. |
Xinhua | 29 Sep 2010
| ISTANBUL, September 29 (Xinhua) -- The Black Sea region is critical to global energy security, according to speakers at a three-day forum that kicked off here on Wednesday. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Georgian Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri and former U.S. National Security Advisor General Brent Scowcroft attended the opening of the 2nd Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2010. |
world-countries.net | 29 Sep 2010
| The second edition of the “Black Sea Energy and Economy Forum” has started in Istanbul with Bulgarian Economy Minister Traicho Traikov among the participants. The Black Sea forum is an initiative to bring together business leaders and policy-makers to discuss strategies regarding Eurasia, Black Sea, the Caspian and Central Asia. |
BSEEF | 29 Sep 2010
| Former U.S. National Security Advisor Says Turks Vital to Resolving Regional Economic and Social Issues |
Barçin Yinanç | 28 Sep 2010
| Representatives of the public and private sector from approximately 30 countries of the Black Sea and neighboring regions will come together for three days of brainstorming to explore ways of economic cooperation, which to this day remains below potential. |
Hurriyet Daily News | 28 Sep 2010
| A few years ago, we reported an insightful comment made at a conference by a retired Romanian general: “The Black Sea,” he said, “does not exist.” After a moment to allow the shock value of the absurd statement to fully gel, he expanded his point. “Of course it exists,” he went on. “But it does not really exist as a strategic concept. For all the littoral states are strategically focused elsewhere.” |
İrem KÖKER'in haberi | 27 Sep 2010
| ABD, Orta Asya ve Ortadoğu'daki petrol ve doğalgazın Batı'ya taşınması adına yeni projeler için düğmeye basmaya hazırlanıyor. Bu hafta içerisinde İstanbul'da düzenlenecek olan geniş kapsamlı enerji konferansının da ana gündem maddesi yeni projeler olacak. Bu kapsamdaki çalışmaları danışman düzeyinde yürüten isim ise oldukça tanıdık: ABD'nin eski Ankara Büyükelçisi Ross Wilson. |
Fadil Aliriza | 29 Aug 2010
| The second Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum, organized by the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Energy Center, is to take place in Istanbul between Sept 29 and Oct 1. Ross Wilson is among the attendees. Wilson, who has served as the US ambassador in both Turkey and Azerbaijan, tells the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review that the forum aims to 'facilitate' discussion among the region's actors about their problems |
Sonja Caymaz | 20 Aug 2010
| After two turbulent decades at the junction of business and political life in Romania as well as Central and Eastern Europe, architect-turned-entrepreneur Dan Costache Patriciu, has some insight into conflict and how to overcome it: economic integration, common sense and a common understanding. |
