EUROPE AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY TO MANAGE ENERGY SECURITY
EUROPE AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY TO MANAGE ENERGY SECURITY
Author(s): Cosmin Gabriel PăcuraruSubject(s): Environmental and Energy policy, Security and defense, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Russia; European Union; security; energy; blackmail/shakedown; foreign politics/ policies;
Summary/Abstract: Russian Federation’s foreign policy is strongly related to EU’s energy „hunger”. In Russian foreign policy’s equation, a great importance is given to natural gas export and to the dependency rate of the European states on it. Russia’s discriminating attitude and each country’s interests make a common European energy policy impossible to achieve in the near future. If the European Commission makes such a decision, it would shelter the European Union members and non-members of a possible shakedown.
Journal: Strategic Impact
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 98-108
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English