CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Steen, Michael |
|---|---|
| Title | Energy Security and the Foreign Policy of Weak States: A Comparative Case Study of Georgia and Ukraine |
| Summary | The basic puzzle that this paper seeks to solve is why the Georgian government of Saakashvili was far more successful than Ukrainian government lead by Yushchenko in pursuing a pro western foreign policy against the wishes of the Russian state, their more powerful and historically dominant neighbour. This puzzle stems from the fact that an initial observation of the situation in the immediate aftermath of the Rose and Orange revolutions of 2003 and 2004 would indicate that Ukraine should have been far more successful than Georgia in this attempt. The relevance of this research area stems from the fact that it works to probe our understanding of weak states and how they are likely respond to increasingly scarce sources of energy. The work here seeks to contribute to literature surrounding the role of energy security in the formulation of state foreign policy. In particular the work looks to demonstrate how, on both a theoretical and real world level energy security can be seen to shape the behaviour of weak states on the international scene. In doing so the work builds upon the insecurity dilemma advanced by Job through the incorporation of the Copenhagen School’s sectoral approach and the substation of military coercion with economic coercion |
| Supervisor | Fumagalli, Matteo |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/steen_michael.pdf |
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