Pavel Sheremet, Belarussian journalist

My tribute to my friend Pavel Sheremet, published on the Pensive Quill site.

Fossil fuel consumption outside the rich countries: research questions

A presentation on the history of fossil fuel consumption outside the rich countries, given at the World Ecology Network conference, 15-16 July 2016, Durham University, UK.

Azerbaijan's gas supply squeeze and the consequences for the "southern corridor"

My paper on Azerbaijan, published this week by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, downloadable here.

Looking back at 1917 from the post-Soviet period

This short paper, published on the LeftEast site, looks at how views of the Russian revolution have changed in the British labour and socialist movements. It was presented at a conference on “Twenty Five Years After the USSR” at the German Historical Institute, Moscow, on 10 June. It was also published here on the OpenLeft site in Russian.

Russia's gas transit across Ukraine after 2019

This Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Working Paper, written jointly with my colleague Katja Yafimava, looks at how Russian gas will be transported to Europe after the current transit contract with Naftogaz Ukrainy expires on 31 December 2019. It can be downloaded from the OIES web site here.