CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Moshenets, Ihor Oleksandrovych |
|---|---|
| Title | Geoeconomics of Poland's Energy Diversification |
| Summary | Ever-closer economic relations between different countries have not eliminated their competitive behavior toward each other but rather shifted it from the military sphere toward the economy. In this regard geoeconomics as the concept distinctive from both geopolitics and neomercantilism is useful in conceptualizing different strategies of achieving political goals by the economic means. Nevertheless, the geoeconomic research predominantly concentrated on the agency of great or regional powers ignoring the activities of less influential countries. This paper examines the successful energy diversification of Poland is an example of an effective national geoeconomic strategy embedded in the strategic interests of more powerful players. The logic of historical explanation helps to understand that the main goals of Poland’s national geoeconomic strategy were 1) fully refusing to import gas from Russia by building additional gas transporting infrastructure and 2) become a regional gas hub by selling the surpluses provided by that infrastructure to its neighbors. For its gas supply diversification, Poland successfully used the opportunities provided by securitization of EU energy policies, strengthening of sub-regional infrastructural cooperation in East-Central Europe, and assertive promotion of US energy export by Trump’s administration. Nevertheless, strict regulations of the gas market due to the security reasons may undermine its potential for becoming a regional gas hub. |
| Supervisor | Fetzer, Thomas |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/moshenets_ihor.pdf |
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