The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) will be held in Paris from November 30 to December 11 with the objective of achieving a legally binding and universal agreement on climate. This topic is even more relevant than ever before: there has been a big increase of CO2 emissions in the last forty years […]
COP21 – Commitment or Power struggle for an energy transition? Read More »
Le 6 Novembre était un jour de fête pour le Maroc : comme chaque année, pour la 40èmefois, on célébrait la « Marche verte », la marche par laquelle 350.000 Marocains, sous l’invitation du roi du Maroc Hassan II, père de l’actuel roi Mohammed VI, avaient chassé le colonisateur espagnol de ce qu’on appelait à l’époque le Sahara Occidental.
Tout change pour que rien ne change : L’impasse au Sahara Occidental Read More »
Fifty-two years have passed since the Ankara Agreement was signed in 1963, aiming at facilitating Turkey’s acession to the European Economic Community (EEC);Twenty-eight years have passed since 1987, when Turkey advanced its candidature for the membership of the then EEC, and ten years since the launching of the EU accession negotiations. However, according to the 2015
On Turkey’s EU membership: sweet dream or harsh reality? Read More »
The Baltic States have often been described as an “Energy island” because of their isolation from European energy networks. Until very recently, the three states were, together with Finland, 100 % dependent on gas imports from Russia as can be seen in the table below. Figure 1: Gas supplied by Russia as percentage of the
Breaking isolation: the Baltic States diversifying their energy supply Read More »
In 2007 Estonia became the first country to experience a large scale campaign of state-sponsored online attacks from Russia. Now, several years later, the country is the leading promoter of various cyber security initiatives at home and abroad. The cyber-attack on Estonia was more disruptive than harmful since the series of denial-of-services (DDoS) attacks caused
Estonia – The little country leading the way in Cyber Security Read More »
During a recent study trip to the Baltic States, Natolin students heard a number of key speakers express the view that the EU has not sufficiently addressed Russian provocation to the Baltic States’ energy security. The Baltic States, and the EU on average, have been highly dependent on Russia when it comes to satisfying energy demand.
Lithuanian energy policy: a model for Independence from Russia? Read More »
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