Dr Farizal by Dr Farizal Mohd Razalli https://padlet.com/yoguapo/ES_GEO_ME Geopolitics of Oil in the Middle East en-us 2017-10-09 01:51:43 UTC 2017-10-09 05:11:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png Group 1 https://padlet.com/yoguapo/ES_GEO_ME/wish/195091970 Key actor : Iran
Interest: 
1)To be regional power

Justification:
-  Develop nuclear technology (energy + weapon)
-  mempengaruhi harga minyak sebab ada reserve yang banyak (158 billion as of end of 2015)
- Meningkatkan dasar industri pertahanan
- Untuk kawal harga minyak
- Power revival - persian empire

]]> 2017-10-09 04:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/yoguapo/ES_GEO_ME/wish/195091970 Key Actor: Saudi Arabia https://padlet.com/yoguapo/ES_GEO_ME/wish/195092031 Key Interest:  
Economic stability to ensure Monarchy Institution to be uphold 

Main Factor: 
Oil price stability because of economic dependancy 
]]> 2017-10-09 04:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/yoguapo/ES_GEO_ME/wish/195092031 Russia https://padlet.com/yoguapo/ES_GEO_ME/wish/195092066 1) Protect energy resources
- Turkey buys close to 30 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas from Russia each year, and this year Gazprom can expect to secure around $9 billion from its sales to Turkey.

2) Rebuild power domination of Russia after Cold War
- history of Czar's glory
- to prevent the influence of US in the Middle East (e.g. Syria as the last frontier)]]> 2017-10-09 04:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/yoguapo/ES_GEO_ME/wish/195092066 USA https://padlet.com/yoguapo/ES_GEO_ME/wish/195092125 1. ensuring the security of US interests.

Justifications:
1. to ensure the US energy security;
2. ally to US interests - democracy;

]]> 2017-10-09 04:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/yoguapo/ES_GEO_ME/wish/195092125 Turkey https://padlet.com/yoguapo/ES_GEO_ME/wish/195092592 1. Ekonomi


2. Keselamatan negara

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