Weekly Geopolitical Summary

·Head of Turkmengaz Fired and Replaced with Deputy ·CYBERCOM to Go Operational This Month ·Govt Takes over Hungarian Plant after Deadly Toxic Spill ·French Transport and Oil Industry Strikes Risks Radicalization ·Bolivia to Start Lithium Production in October ·ISAF’s Torkham AfPak Border Crossing Reopened ·Iran’s President Visits Lebanon in Clear Attempt to Boost Hezbollah Head of Turkmengaz Fired and Replaced with Deputy Local media in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat reported on 8 October that Turkmenistan’s President Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov fired the head of the state-run Turkmengaz for mismanagement (specifically for “serious miscalculations”), and replaced him with Dovlet Mommayev, who until now had served as the company’s deputy chairman. Turkmengaz head Nuri Mukhamedov was fired by presidential decree on 8 October. … . . . → Full Story: Weekly Geopolitical Summary