CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Yonkova, Ivelina Emilova |
|---|---|
| Title | Explaining the controversy in the European energy policy towards Russia |
| Summary | Energy is at the heart of European economic activity. Without the supply of energy, the European economy will die. As the European Union does not have enough natural resources to satisfy its energy consumption, the growing demand is met by imports. The role of Russia in this respect is significant, since this country is the world’s largest exporter of natural gas and the second largest exporter of oil. Moreover, Russia is the biggest energy supplier for the EU. The main purpose of this thesis is to explain the European energy policy towards the Russian Federation. Such an explanation is needed because this policy seems to be controversial. On the one hand, after the 2006 energy dispute between Ukraine and Russia, the European Union issued documents in which it raised doubts about the reliability of Russia as an energy supplier and thus called for diversifying its energy sources. On the other hand, in 2006 and 2007 Brussels backed up two strategic pipeline projects, which will increase the dependence on Russian gas and oil products. Moreover, several EU countries have signed new long-term contracts for gas supply with Moscow. |
| Supervisor | Merlingen, Michael |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/yonkova_ivelina.pdf |
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