April 2013 After recently discovering vast stores of natural gas in the waters of Israel’s Exclusive Economic Zone, the country will now face a huge challenge in securing any apparatus that is constructed to harvest the valuable natural resource. The discovery of such a valuable resource has complicated the security situation in the region immensely, but Israel […]
Oil Draws Naval Powers
March 2013 The discovery of potential oil and gas reserves off the coast of the Levant has drawn numerous foreign naval powers to the waters of the eastern Mediterranean and has further complicated the security situation in the Middle East. Local governments, regional players and world superpowers all seem to be descending on this now […]
Gas Finds Complicate Eastern Med Security
June 26 2013 The recent discovery of natural gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean Sea has the potential to increase the complexity of the quagmire that is already the security situation in the region. Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Israel are amongst the nations to have already issued statements asserting control of the reserves. Lebanese Hezbollah and […]