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Booming synergies in Sino-Russian natural gas partnership / Morena Skalamera. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, May 2014, 28 p.http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/RussoSinoGas2014%20web.pdfAbstract (© Belfer Center) :A central debate in the study of energy geopolitics concerns the relative importance of the Sino-Russian energy alliance and the lack of the long awaited deal in natural gas. The deadlock in natural gas is all the more puzzling when contrasted to the two countries’ flourishing ties in oil. I explore these developments by comparing the outcomes of the two deals and highlighting the distinctiveness of oil trade vis-à-vis gas trade. I subsequently describe the interplay of different domestic, regional and international policy changes currently taking place, which may pave the way for a breakthrough in the two countries’ gas talks in 2014. I then turn to two scenarios, one optimistic and the other pessimistic, to highlight the increasingly binding forces and some residual fault-lines in the relationship. I conclude by assessing the implications that the two countries’ increased energy synergies might have for the broader world... read moreRead also :Pipeline Pivot: Why Russia and China are Poised to Make Energy History / Morena Skalamera, Policy brief , 5 p. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Skalamera%20policy%20brief.pdf