Russia’s energy relations in Southeastern Europe
An analysis of motives in Bulgaria and Greece
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7981455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Jirušek (0000-0002-6681-9962, Masaryk University), Tomáš Vlček (0000-0001-5514-5678, Masaryk University, corresponding author), James Henderson (0000-0001-8467-8916, Natural Gas Research Programme, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, UK) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 335-355 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Post-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1060586x.2017.1341256 |
| OpenAlex | W2641923640 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 27 |
Although officially Russian state-owned energy companies operate as independent entities, their actions often lead to suspicion that they are acting as a tool of Russian state foreign policy. Countries on the southeastern borders of Europe – Bulgaria and Greece – are prime examples of where this might be the case, since they not only have a central position in Russia’s plans to penetrate European markets through new transport infrastructure but are also part of competing plans for routing non-Russian gas to Western markets. The main focus of the present research is on the natural gas and oil sectors, as these are the traditional foundation of Russian energy exports to Europe. The aim of this paper is thus to provide an objective, evidence-based analysis of Russian activities in the natural gas and oil sectors of Greece and Bulgaria in order to establish whether its actions have been implicitly or explicitly politicized and have served to strengthen Russian influence in the region
Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Energy (signal processing · Geography · Political science · Statistics · Global Energy Security and Policy · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Mathematics · Russia and Soviet political economy
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Global Political Economy
The art of case study research
Content Analysis for the Social Sciences and Humanities
Theories of International Relations
Out of Gas
Conceptual Notes on Energy Security
Red Gas
Hedging Against Oil Dependency
EU Member States' Energy Relations with Russia
Before ‘Independence’ Arrived
Theory of international politics
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Politics Among Nations
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |