Shaping the Eurasian Gas Market
The Geopolitics of Energy Market Regulation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7784992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anatole Boute (0000-0003-0301-3918, Faculty of Law, Lee Shau Kee Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, SAR China, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 2042-2073 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650045.2022.2094778 |
| OpenAlex | W4284672025 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 92 |
The common characterisation of European Union (EU) and Russian external energy relations as liberal versus realist does not do justice to the efforts of both entities to shape energy market regulation in their shared neighbourhood. This article aims to contribute to the understanding of energy regulation as a tool of strategic influence by examining from a geopolitical perspective how the EU, Russia and, to a lesser extent, China attempt to shape gas pricing and pipeline access regimes in the post-Soviet Eurasian space. A geopolitical analysis of regulatory convergence in the region helps understand how liberal concepts of energy regulation acquire a strategic function when exported to contested spheres of influence, with important consequences for the legitimacy and acceptability of these regulatory models. The EU, Russia and China recognise common principles of gas market regulation at the domestic level, but geopolitical considerations, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, prevent the implementation of these principles at the regional level, hindering the transition of this contested neighbourhood towards more efficient energy systems and reduced dependence on Russian supplies
China · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Electricity · Energy market · European union · Geopolitics · International trade · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |