The Geopolitics of Renewables in Kazakhstan and Russia

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ID3948209
AutoresNatalie Koch (0000-0003-4064-4620, Syracuse University, autor correspondente), Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen (0000-0001-9006-753X, University of Helsinki)
Ano2021
Volume26
Fascículo2
Páginas521-540
Data de publicação2021-03-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2019.1583214
OpenAlexW2919871011
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas53

This article examines recent renewable energy initiatives in two hydrocarbon rich states of Eurasia: Kazakhstan and Russia. The global nature of challenges surrounding energy and natural resource use demand that sustainability and “energy transition” policies be understood as geopolitical issues, which are increasingly (re)defining political relations among and within states. Existing research and media coverage of international energy politics in Eurasia is overwhelmingly dominated by a focus on oil and gas extraction, especially in Kazakhstan and Russia, due to their central place in traditional hydrocarbon fuels markets. As elsewhere in the world, however, political and economic leaders in both countries have started to adopt the language of promoting environmental sustainability, the “green economy,” and renewable energy infrastructures. Taking a critical geopolitics lens to recent developments, this article considers who is involved in advancing renewable energy in contexts that have traditionally been dependent on traditional energy sources, and what this may portend for the shifting energy landscape of Eurasia

Economic system · Economics · Economy · Energy policy · Energy transition · Environmental impact of the energy industry · Fossil fuel · Geopolitics · Natural resource · Natural resource economics · Political science · Politics · Renewable energy · Sustainability · Global Energy Security and Policy · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Russia and Soviet political economy · Ecology