The phenomenal rise in U.S. production of shale gas speaks for itself. From 1.6 percent of total U.S. natural gas production in 2000 to 23.1 percent by 2010 and a forecast of about 50 percent in 2020. The International Energy ..
European companies are about to borrow less than 500bn euro from loan markets, as the shrinking amount of funding from EU banks makes firms shift towards public bonds. The current amount accounts for a 60-percent drop when ..
The European Union is striving to maintain its role as a main political actor in a multi-polar Mediterranean neighbourhood. The emergence of new powers such as the Gulf countries, China or Turkey is transforming the classic ..
During the past decade, a great deal of attention and also concern, both at the academic level as well as in the corridors of power in the world’s largest capital cities, was focused on the seemingly unstoppable ascendance of ..
Since World War II, Europe and the United States have not only succeeded in building prosperous, peaceful societies through the Marshall Plan, the founding of NATO, trade and economic relationships, but have also created a solid, ..