Slovensko - ukrajinské vzťahy v energetickej politike: Ponaučenia zo starých chýb
Slovak-Ukrainian Relations in Energy Policy: Learning Lessons from Old Mistakes

Summary/Abstract: This article examines Slovak-Ukrainian bilateral relations in energy policy over the course of the last two decades. It analyses a new momentum in their energy cooperation, which came with the launch of reverse flow of natural gas via territory of Slovakia to Ukraine in 2014 together with the joint position of both countries on Russia’s plan to construct the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. However, the present Slovak-Ukrainian rapprochement in energy policy is rather a contrasting phenomenon in their bilateral relations as they have not been able to speak “one voice” in the matter in the past. This article maps previous controversies of the two countries in the field and looks for addressing the question why it took almost two decades for Slovakia and Ukraine to understand that they share strategic interests in energy policy.

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