Interesting Take on Russia
by tdaxp ~ July 2nd, 2009
Certainly, this piece is more balanced than the self-contradictory Cold War thinking we got during the Georgia War.
Much of the advice comes down to just trust Gazprom. Should we provide security for pro-European states in Europe? Not if we can trust Gazprom instead. Should we try prevent more energy cut-offs when democracies anger Putin? Not if we can trust Gazprom instead.
The take on Russia is a bit deceptive — it sounds so much more reasonable than the hysterics we got last August I want to agree with it, but ultimately cannot. The piece is to transparently the work of an employee for an energy services provider on behalf of another large energy company.
It’s hard to give up on a once promising analyst, but over the last few years the feeling of reading press releases has grown stronger and stronger.
July 8th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
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