Everyweek, I watch 30mins TV program called "Ikegami Akira's Economic Lecture". Several days ago, the topic of the lecture was "Geopolitics"
I already knew what geopolitics was from my geography class, but Mr.Ikegami's lecture was even more fascinating.
The story goes on like this...
1-The US relies less on supply of oil from the Middle East due to its increased supply of shale gas.
2-Thus, there is a discussion coming as "Do Americans need to protect Persian Gulf? They can hand over the job to China."
At the same time....
3-There has been increasingly high tensions between Russia and EU, so the supply of natural gas is limited.
4-Instead, EU could import oil from the Middle East.
5-Russia tries to export natural gas to China and Japan(Pipeline has been already constructed between China and Russia)
1-The US relies less on supply of oil from the Middle East due to its increased supply of shale gas.
2-Thus, there is a discussion coming as "Do Americans need to protect Persian Gulf? They can hand over the job to China."
At the same time....
3-There has been increasingly high tensions between Russia and EU, so the supply of natural gas is limited.
4-Instead, EU could import oil from the Middle East.
5-Russia tries to export natural gas to China and Japan(Pipeline has been already constructed between China and Russia)
It is very interesting that the increased supply of shale gas in one country affects many countries!
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