Energy Security in Central and Eastern Europe
Energy Security in Central and Eastern Europe

Author(s): William Martin, Grzegorz Gromadzki, Stepan Grigoryan, Ion Preasca, Anna Chukhay, Alaksandar Stralcou, András Deák, Rafał Miland, András Liska, Ondrej Liška, Luboš Veselý, Ivana Okleštková, Tomáš Karásek, Pavel Zástěra, Lenka Kovačovská
Contributor(s): Man-Hua Chen (Editor)
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental and Energy policy
Published by: AMO – Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky
Keywords: Energy security; Russian gas dependency; diversification; Central and Eastern Europe; European Union; Nord Stream pipeline; renewable energy; Nabucco pipeline; energy efficiency; Association for International Affairs;
Summary/Abstract: This book looks at the region of Central and Eastern Europe which is increasingly becoming one of the key battlegrounds of the unfolding energy game. Perhaps more than anything else, this impending battle revolves around the struggle for diversification as all the parties involved strive to achieve it one way or another. The EU for its part wants to increase the number of its energy suppliers while preventing Russia from strengthening its grip on European energy markets. Similarly, the EU tries to promote renewable sources of energy as a way of facilitating diversification. Russia on the other hand wants to diversify transportation routes for its export of gas and oil in order to reduce the importance of Russia’s less reliable partners via whose territories Russia exports its gas and oil. Therefore, Russia is unsurprisingly committed to building new pipelines bypassing current transition countries.

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