PIPELINE 101: ALIGNMENT OF INTERESTS

By Edward Chow, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Pipeline Politics in Eurasia and Its Implications for International Security Washington Workship:The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 3, 2009

UKRAINE MUST REFORM TO TAP EU ENERGY AID 
Can the prospect of Western billions steer Ukraine’s fractious politicians into fixing the gas mess? European Union is offering its Eastern neighbor $1.7 billion to help pay for gas supplies, but only if Kiev cleans up its act.
By S. Adam Cardais, Transitions Online, Business Week, NY, NY, Fri, Aug 28, 2009

THE BLACK SEA: A HOTBED OF CORRUPTION OVER OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS? American and Canadians Companies Experience Severe Difficulty in Ukraine and Romania
Commentary & Analysis: By Roman Kupchinsky
Eurasia Daily Monitor, Volume 6, Issue 160
Jamestown Foundation, Wash, D.C., Wed, August 19, 2009

EUROPE'S LISTLESS QUEST FOR ENERGY
Brussels fails to woo Caspian or Iraqi gas suppliers.
Op-Ed: By Alexandros Petersen, The Wall Street Journal
New York, New York, Monday, August 10, 2009

RUSSIA MAY SCORE FINAL COUP IN ENERGY BATTLE
ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY: By Alexandros Petersen The Moscow Times, Moscow, Russia, Wed, July 15, 2009

EAST-WEST CORRIDOR STILL FUNCTIONING, INTEGRATING
East-West Energy and Transport Corridor
COMMENTARY: By Alexandros Petersen
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Prague, Czech Republic, June 09, 2009

POP GOES THE PIPELINE
Europe just got a rare opportunity to reduce its energy dependence on Russia. But will it take advantage?
Analysis & Commentary: by Alexandros Petersen
Foreign Policy magazine, New York,  NY, May 2009

MEDEDEV PROPOSES A NEW "ENERGY BALANCE" IN EUROPE
Analysis & Commentary: By Roman Kupchinsky
Eurasia Daily Monitor, Volume 6; Issue 81
Jamestown Foundation, Wash, D.C., April 28, 2009

EUROPEAN SECURITY AND RUSSIA'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTION
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. and Owen Graham
WebMemo #2194, Heritage Foundation, Wash, D.C., January 8, 2009

EUROPE SHOULD REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN ENERGY AND DEVELOP COMPETITIVE ENERGY MARKETS
By Sally McNamara, The Heritage Foundation, WebMemo #2195
Washington, D.C., January 8, 2009

WHERE EAST MEETS WEST: EUROPEAN GAS AND UKRAINIAN REALITY
By Edward Chow and Jonathan Elkind, The Washington Quarterly, pp. 77 - 93.
Journal of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C., January 2009

RUSSIAN PIPELINES BACK TO THE FUTURE?
Article by Edward C. Chow, Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), Wash, D.C.
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Wash, D.C.,
Publication of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., Winter/Spring 2004