The East Mediterranean Basin: A New Energy Corridor?

Abstract

On June 5, 2012, the INSS Center for Strategic Research conducted a conference on east Mediterranean basin energy discoveries and their influence on regional economies, political relations, and U.S. energy policy. Regional energy experts, U.S. government officials, private sector companies, and academics examined the opportunities and constraints in developing offshore energy sources in the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of Israel and the Republic of Cyprus (RoC), as well as in the Levant Basin. One of the key findings is that alongside opportunities for regional cooperation and mutual benefit, east Mediterranean energy resources are bedeviled by legal, diplomatic, and geopolitical issues within and between neighboring states, including ownership rights, demarcation lines, and access to export routes. These issues could spark new tensions and aggravate existing problems between regional states, while undermining east Mediterranean energy potential.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 17, 2012
Accession Number
ADA570233

Entities

People

  • Denise Natali

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Boundaries
  • Domestic
  • Drilling
  • Energy
  • Energy Security
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Middle East
  • National Security
  • Natural Gas
  • Negotiations
  • Offshore Drilling
  • Petroleum
  • Security
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Economics