| Description |
1 online resource (x, 58 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Background : a brief summary of East Mediterranean hydrocarbon developments in the 2000s. Israel's breakthrough discoveries -- Cypriot gas -- Other East Mediterranean possibilities : Syria, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories -- East Mediterranean hydrocarbon resources and regional conflict potential. The Arab-Israeli conflict -- The Cypriot knot -- The East Mediterranean and the Arab Spring -- Natural gas, regional cooperation, and the role of the United States. Scenario 1 : cooperation through regional LNG -- Individual LNG or a regional LNG hub? -- Scenario 2 : regional pipeline trade -- An Arab-Israeli "peace pipeline"? -- Regional pipeline gas into Turkey and Europe. U.S. diplomatic and security cooperation -- Conclusion and final recommendations |
| Summary |
"This monograph provides an overview of recent hydrocarbon discoveries and their significance for the region's resource holders; it also explores the possible implications of these resources for the region's security landscape, their potential to fuel conflict, and options to foster closer regional cooperation and trade integration. It discusses the role U.S. diplomacy and military support could play to ensure continued stability, security, and regional support within the East Mediterranean's shifting geoeconomic framework"--Page x |
| Notes |
Title from title screen (viewed Dec. 24, 2014) |
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"December 2014." |
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Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-58) |
| Subject |
Natural gas -- Middle East
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Petroleum in submerged lands -- Middle East
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Gas industry -- Political aspects -- Middle East
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Gas industry -- Economic aspects -- Middle East
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Gas industry -- Economic aspects
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Gas industry -- Political aspects
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International relations
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Natural gas
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Petroleum in submerged lands
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Relations -- United States
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United States -- Relations -- Middle East
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| Subject |
Middle East
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
El-Katiri, Mohammed, author.
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Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, issuing body.
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Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher.
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