Is it possible the author got too carried away with
form over function?
"..which imports 90 percent of its energy needs and 65 percent of its natural gas from Gazprom..."
correct English as written but if you add a comma or a semi colon where it shouldn't be technically and perhaps should be practically speaking...
"which imports 90 percent of its energy needs; and 65 percent of its natural gas from Gazprom..."
then he's saying Turkey imports 90% of it's total energy needs of which 65% (other sources say 67%) of it's natural gas imports come from Gazprom.
Dunno
Your Turkeys Come Home to Roost ?
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There's also some wonderfully colored graphs
Very good site - separate articles on Oil, Natural Gas, Coal & Electricity are worth reading.
Found coal stats elsewhere last nite (since they weren't on CIA page). Obvious from inspection of coal stats (without doing BTU calcs) that "90% of total energy usage imported" was not correct. So, I implicitly conceded the point. I suppose the author was thinking 90% of petro (oil & gas) usage is imported - which is ball park (again by inspection, not calcs).
All of this trivia moves away from the main issue of what Turkey's future role will be. Ir certainly is a player - and perhaps the most important player (IMO) - not so much Caucasus, but in northern SW Asia.
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Maybe an "invitation" to Russia for NATO membership can dislodge them long enough to slip in Ukraine?
Interesting contrarian theory - that is, contrary to the Russian policy favored by Bush I, Clinton & Bush II. One possible result of that policy (other factors also present) could be to re-create the Russian-Chinese alliance of my youth. Uncle Joe & Mao would like that.
Russian-Finnish "War Games"
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3. About NATO/US military plans by RAND.
Chap 5 interested me on 2 points: posited 30-day warning period of Russian attack; and the military capabilities in the Leningrad military district.
Have you run into any gaming scenario for a 1 on 1 Russian attack on Finland ?
I haven't, but I may well be looking in the wrong places.
Thanx ahead if you can help.