The Geopolitics of Mediterranean Natural Gas
The guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95), front, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet-replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) as the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) executes an emergency breakaway while conducting operations with the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Mediterranean Sea, March 7, 2020. (Sawyer Haskins/U.S. Navy)
16 Apr 2021
Joseph V. Micallef is a best-selling military history and world affairs author, and keynote speaker. Follow him on Twitter @JosephVMicallef.
Over the last two decades, a series of major natural gas discoveries in the eastern Mediterranean have had a profound impact on the international relations of the region. Even more significantly, the geologic evidence suggests that these discoveries are just the beginning of a Mediterranean-wide hydrocarbon bonanza that could significantly transform the geopolitics of the region.