Al Muqawama
Legendary Member
The eastern Mediterranean gas seems to be the latest regional game changer in the region..
So it is good to follow all the latest regional news regarding this and not just focus on Lebanon so we can better grasp what is happening at home.
Who are the key international players involved like EU, USA, Russia etc.. if we try to map them out to get a broader picture on this..
What new alliances are forming from all this in the region and how are they categorized?
What are the names of the major companies involved? like France's Total, Italy's Eni, BP, Russia's Novatek.... ?
What are the ongoing disputes? Like there is the Turkish dispute with EU (Cyprus, so called Israel).
And then there is the Lebanese "Israeli" dispute on block 9.
While all this is about Europe being energy hungry and Russia being the main supplier to Europe which gives Russia huge influence over Europe.
And obviously the US is against Russia gaining such important influence over Europe and for the last years EU and the US have been busy trying to decrease this Russian influence by constructing new pipelines like the latest Azerbaijani pipeline project to europe.
Now with the EastMed gas, Russia would obviously not want to lose its influence over Europe so the question is, what will Russia try to do to prevent it from succeeding and how far are they willing to go with this? And their Syrian/Libyan interference is it all about the new geopolitics the EastMed gas created?
Where or which side would you like Lebanon to be in all of this?
What do you think the best alliances between the EastMed countries should look like?
For now these are the alliance maps... (please correct me if I'm wrong):
The Western alliance: Egypt, Greece/Cyprus, Lebanon and so called Israel.
The Russian alliance: Syria, Libya/Haftar
The Turkish alliance: Northern Cyprus, Libya (GNA).
Now obviously these alliances are much more complicated than this..
Like Lebanon might be in the "western alliance" but there is again dispute on block 9.
So it is good to follow all the latest regional news regarding this and not just focus on Lebanon so we can better grasp what is happening at home.
Who are the key international players involved like EU, USA, Russia etc.. if we try to map them out to get a broader picture on this..
What new alliances are forming from all this in the region and how are they categorized?
What are the names of the major companies involved? like France's Total, Italy's Eni, BP, Russia's Novatek.... ?
What are the ongoing disputes? Like there is the Turkish dispute with EU (Cyprus, so called Israel).
And then there is the Lebanese "Israeli" dispute on block 9.
While all this is about Europe being energy hungry and Russia being the main supplier to Europe which gives Russia huge influence over Europe.
And obviously the US is against Russia gaining such important influence over Europe and for the last years EU and the US have been busy trying to decrease this Russian influence by constructing new pipelines like the latest Azerbaijani pipeline project to europe.
Now with the EastMed gas, Russia would obviously not want to lose its influence over Europe so the question is, what will Russia try to do to prevent it from succeeding and how far are they willing to go with this? And their Syrian/Libyan interference is it all about the new geopolitics the EastMed gas created?
Where or which side would you like Lebanon to be in all of this?
What do you think the best alliances between the EastMed countries should look like?
For now these are the alliance maps... (please correct me if I'm wrong):
The Western alliance: Egypt, Greece/Cyprus, Lebanon and so called Israel.
The Russian alliance: Syria, Libya/Haftar
The Turkish alliance: Northern Cyprus, Libya (GNA).
Now obviously these alliances are much more complicated than this..
Like Lebanon might be in the "western alliance" but there is again dispute on block 9.