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Saudi pushers, energy rehab

Posted in Gal Luft, Michael Mandelbaum, Oil and Gas, Philip Carl Salzman, Robert O. Freedman, Saudi Arabia, Technology on Sep 1st, 2009 6 Comments »

From Gal Luft
Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, former ambassador to the United States, has a suggestion for America: drop this nonsense called energy independence. In a strongly-worded essay in Foreign Policy magazine, which coincides with the 150th anniversary of Edwin Drake’s discovery of oil in the United States, Turki lambastes American politicians for invoking energy independence, [...]

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Israeli leverage over Russia vis-à-vis Iran

Posted in Iran, Israel, Mark N. Katz, Military, Nuclear, Russia, Technology on May 26th, 2009 Comments Off

From Mark N. Katz
There has been an ongoing debate here at MESH and elsewhere about whether Israel can, will, or should launch an attack against Iran to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. One possible method by which such an attack might be degraded or even deterred is if Russia sells the advanced version of [...]

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