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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Liquid war: Welcome to Pipelineistan

Liquid war: Welcome to Pipelineistan

The new Silk Road of energy sees Washington, Beijing, Moscow and Tehran fight for control of Caspian oil lines on a global energy battlefield on which the fate of humankind could well be settled. Pepe Escobar enters the Space Odyssey-style map room of Russian energy giant Gazprom, spends a rainy "night" in Georgia, and discovers the thrill of following energy around the "arc of instability". (Mar 25,'09)

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/KC26Ag01.html

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