John Foster - Pipelines: The New Great Game
Posted Feb7-11 at 09:06 PM by Proton Soup
this is part of an attempt to educate myself on what the actual issues are wrt the wars in the middle east.
[YOUTUBE]3KXlolhIyjs[/YOUTUBE]
the above presentation is given by John Foster.
[QUOTE]About the author
John Foster is an international energy economist and an expert on the world oil scene. Born in London, England, he graduated from Cambridge University in economics and law. He served in the Royal Navy and went to Suez (1956). He has 40 years of worldwide experience in energy and international development – with two international development banks and two oil companies – and has worked in more than thirty countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
With British Petroleum in England and Montreal (1957-66), he worked on oil pricing and corporate strategy. At the World Bank (1966-76) in Washington, D.C., he served in its Asia Department and then became the Bank’s first petroleum economist. Returning to Canada, he joined Petro-Canada when it was created and served as its lead economist (1976-81), then operated a consulting firm in Ottawa (1982-90), specializing in energy policy. He returned to Washington, D.C., and worked on energy and development issues in Latin America with the Inter-American Development Bank (1990-98), then served as an independent consultant (1998-2002). He lives in Kingston, Ontario.[/QUOTE]
the video comes in 9 pieces that are available as a playlist: [url]http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C4B4237362C5DBB8[/url]
related docs:
[url]http://kabul.usembassy.gov/boucher_102607.html[/url]
"So, one of our goals in trying to work in Afghanistan is to stabilize Afghanistan, so it can become a conduit and a hub between South and Central Asia so that energy can flow to the south." - ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER
[I]A Pipeline Through a Troubled Land: Afghanistan, Canada, and The Great New Energy Game[/I], by John Foster
[url]http://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National_Office_Pubs/2008/A_Pipeline_Through_a_Troubled_Land.pdf[/url]
[YOUTUBE]3KXlolhIyjs[/YOUTUBE]
the above presentation is given by John Foster.
[QUOTE]About the author
John Foster is an international energy economist and an expert on the world oil scene. Born in London, England, he graduated from Cambridge University in economics and law. He served in the Royal Navy and went to Suez (1956). He has 40 years of worldwide experience in energy and international development – with two international development banks and two oil companies – and has worked in more than thirty countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
With British Petroleum in England and Montreal (1957-66), he worked on oil pricing and corporate strategy. At the World Bank (1966-76) in Washington, D.C., he served in its Asia Department and then became the Bank’s first petroleum economist. Returning to Canada, he joined Petro-Canada when it was created and served as its lead economist (1976-81), then operated a consulting firm in Ottawa (1982-90), specializing in energy policy. He returned to Washington, D.C., and worked on energy and development issues in Latin America with the Inter-American Development Bank (1990-98), then served as an independent consultant (1998-2002). He lives in Kingston, Ontario.[/QUOTE]
the video comes in 9 pieces that are available as a playlist: [url]http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C4B4237362C5DBB8[/url]
related docs:
[url]http://kabul.usembassy.gov/boucher_102607.html[/url]
"So, one of our goals in trying to work in Afghanistan is to stabilize Afghanistan, so it can become a conduit and a hub between South and Central Asia so that energy can flow to the south." - ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER
[I]A Pipeline Through a Troubled Land: Afghanistan, Canada, and The Great New Energy Game[/I], by John Foster
[url]http://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National_Office_Pubs/2008/A_Pipeline_Through_a_Troubled_Land.pdf[/url]
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