EU–Russia Energy Relations
Aggregation and Aggravation1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12736744 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amelia Hadfield (0000-0003-1608-9524, University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-248 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary European Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-2790 • E-ISSN: 1478-2804 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14782800802309953 |
| OpenAlex | W2092617612 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 5 |
Reliance on energy resources is inextricably linked to energy security. Whether dependent upon energy imports or exports, all states, regions and companies strive to reduce the risks associated with resource dependence by linking energy with their own security. Ensuring access to energy resources involves negotiating with a variety of external actors. As a result, energy is deeply connected to the external affairs of political and commercial actors alike. Within this terrain Russia and the EU emerge as very different energy actors. Indeed, the two are polar opposites in their ability to tackle the geo-economic asymmetry of importers and exporters, the structural unevenness in market versus governmental authority over energy resources and the geopolitical imbalances arising from differing perceptions of energy's role in foreign and security policy. This article examines the rise and fall of the EU–Russia Energy Dialogue. Launched in 2000 as a sector-specific forum with the capacity to engineer change in a host of other areas, the dialogue is now all but defunct, the victim of increased diplomatic fallout between the EU and Russia over political and energy issues. An overview of the key policy papers of the EU–Russia Energy Dialogue illustrates that the generic demands of energy security take on particularist orientations depending on the geo-economic and geopolitical circumstances of a given energy actor. Dialogue documents illustrate that the two sides ultimately understand energy security in very different ways. Now a viable component part of Russian national and foreign policy in its post-Cold War reconstruction, energy security is perceived by the EU in a rather more holistic way, and remains an unwieldy policy instrument
Business · Economic system · Economics · Energy (signal processing · Energy policy · Energy security · Foreign policy · Geopolitics · International trade · National security · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resource (disambiguation · Variety (cybernetics · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy
Europe's Energy Politics
When the Internal and External Collide
The Role of Power in EU–Russia Energy Relations
Energy Issues in the Context of the Regime Transition of Post-Soviet Eurasia
Multiple Sources of Pressure for Change
EU–Russia Energy Relations, EU Energy Integration, and Energy Security
Ideas, power and change
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2018 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |