In-depth conversations on the conflicts and rivalries shaping our world, explored in the detail the subject deserves. Dmitri Alperovitch speaks with the military commanders, intelligence officials, diplomats, historians, and strategists who shape events and study them closely — on the war in Ukraine, strategic competition with China and the future of Taiwan, nuclear deterrence, sanctions and semiconductors, and the changing character of warfare. Throughout, the aim is to understand not merely what has happened, but why — and what is likely to follow.
Geopolitics Decanted is hosted by Dmitri Alperovitch — chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator in Washington, D.C., national bestselling author of World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century, and co-founder of CrowdStrike.
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Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Dmitri Alperovitch talks with energy markets and russian oil and gas sector expert Sergey Vakulenko (formerly with Gazprom Neft, Royal Dutch Shell and IHS Markit) about how Russia is engineering an energy crisis in Europe, with spillover effects all over the world.
Topics covered:
- When it comes to gas, who needs whom more: Russia or Europe?
- What are Europe's options to survive the winter without Russian gas? Which countries will be most affected?
- What game is Russia playing by cutting Nord Stream 1 flows?
- Why are Poland, Finland and Bulgaria cutoff from direct purchases of Russian gas while others like Germany are still buying?
- How long would it take to build a pipeline from the Russian gas fields in the West to China to remove dependence on European customers?
- Can Russia continue to operate and maintain old wells and drill new ones without Western servicing firms?
- What is the impact of Russian gas cutoffs on fertilizer production and global food supplies?
- How much is it hurting Russia to sell oil at substantial discount to China and India?
Follow the speakers on Twitter @DAlperovitch, @SergeyVakulenk0
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