Publications
Since 2003 GWEST has collaborated with Calgary based FirstEnergy Capital Corporation, a leading Canadian investment bank focused on serving the energy market, to produce a quarterly look at the geopolitical conditions that impact oil producers and consumers. FirstInsight (initially called FirstCommentary) also examines the impact of geopolitics on the world natural resources markets as well as the influence of geopolitics on the economic, military, and energy security policies of the U.S. and other world governments.
Over the past five years GWEST has examined such topics as: the coming shift in the energy center of gravity, the paramount importance of security of supply in the era of global terror, OPEC’s relevance in an era of runaway prices, the importance of technological breakthroughs in turning yesterday’s unconventional sources of energy into today’s conventional reserves and the impact of alternative energy on consumer choice.
To view each PDF issue in its entirety, including the selected topics listed, click on the links below.
January 2008—Top 10 Geopolitical Energy Stories of 2007; Vladimir Putin's Cult of Personality; Brazil's Coming out Party
October 2007—Cold War Part Two: Putin's Oil Politics; Energing South America: Nationalism vs. Rationalism; Iran Pushes Oil Prices as Far as it Can
June 2007—Nuclear Power Renaissance; Oil Sands Investment: Where are the Americans?; Africa's Oil: Securing the Supply - the U.S., China and Nigeria
January 2007—Unconventionals: A Portal for China's Energy Security; Is it Possible to Fix Iraq?; Saskatchewan: Canada's Secret Weapon
October 2006—Alaskan Natural Gas Pipeline Politics; Opening Mexico's Oil Sector; Cuban Succession: The Oil Gateway
March 2006—America’s Oil Addiction; North American Energy Security;Iran to Drive Prices in 2006
January 2006—North American Unconventionals on the Rise; Putin, Ukraine & Gas; 2006: A Geopolitical Prospectus for the Energy Market
September 2005—Coal and American Energy Independence; Iraq Spinning Into Regional War; Hurricane Katrina's Impact and a New Deal for Energy Consumers
June 2005—Are Saudi Reserve Estimates Accurate?; Cuba a Net Oil Exporter? Mexico's Oil Sector at the Crossroads
March 2005—China's Strategic Relationship with Canada; Time for a Hemispheric Energy Policy; Hugo Chavez: Oil Revolutionary
December 2004—Arctic Resources: Does Santa Have a New Landlord?; Asymmetrical Economic Warfare: The Oil Market as a Battlefield; The Validation of Murray Smith and the EUB
October 2004—The Gathering Perfect Energy Storm; Canadian Bulk Water Exports; Energy Independence, Manhattan Projects and Other Absurdities
June 2004—Election 2004: Why the Saudis Want Bush to Lose; Libya Gets Another Look; Will (and Should) the U.S. Tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
March 2004—Time for A New Oil Pricing Mechanism (OPEC...RIP); The Presidential Politics of Oil; China Drives Worldwide Oil Demand
January 2004—Maritime Piracy: Next Ground in Terror War May Not be Ground; Scenarios Suggesting a Stronger U.S.-Canadian Energy Partnership; Canadian Water: Vital Natural Resource and Tradable Commodity
September 2003—The Four Horsemen of the OPECalyse; Iraq: Sabotaging the Oil Infrastructure; Everybody Loves Canada...Now
May 2003—Canada Rides Oil Sands to Energy Superpower Status; Chavez: Es La Economia, Estupido; West Africa and the Role of Nigeria in U.S. Energy Priorities |