Energy Imperialism? Is The Georgian Conflict All About Oil?

Energy Imperialism? Is The Georgian Conflict All About Oil?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08...

The prevailing wisdom says Russia's military incursion into Georgia was really all about "energy imperialism." The Kremlin doesn't like any challenges to its energy hegemony, which Georgia's part of the BTC pipeline clearly represents. And Russia's strong response, the thinking goes, basically ends any Western hopes of getting other Central Asian countries to stand up to Moscow with pipeline projects of their own.

Comments

[Chris Vaughn]

[this is good] Are the Russians hurting for Oil?

[Lucy]

[this is good] This is an interesting take on the conflict and quite plausible.  I was worried that the conflict, if prolonged, would disrupt oil production and cause the price of petrol to go up.