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Author | : Csaba Weiner |
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Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2016 |
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Central and East European countries have expressed strong fears about Russian gas but did little to reduce dependence. However, recently some progress has been made in the diversification and increasing security of supply. The Russo-Ukrainian gas crisis in early 2009, together with the period since 2008, help to illustrate the different opportunities each country faces, i.e. to what extent they could have taken advantage of the benefits of the changed market environment. For the Central and East European consumers, the focus is mainly on pricing, and the anti-trust probe launched by the European Commission against Gazprom stresses the crucial importance of this issue. Despite much criticism, the EU has taken a few steps that may help mitigate the fear of Russian influence. The paper is arranged into five main sections. After a short introduction, Section 2 presents the gas market changes that have occurred over the last four to five years. Supply and demand-side dynamics combined with the pricing evolution have been seriously affecting Gazprom's market position in Europe. I shall examine how Russia has responded to these challenges, with a special emphasis on the Central and East European region. Section 3 investigates the role of gas in primary energy consumption in the Central and East European countries and the change in gas demand. Here, different gas demand scenarios are compared. The issues of domestic gas production, including unconventional and offshore gas resources, and the degree of self-sufficiency are also key questions. Section 4 addresses the issue of transit through the western Commonwealth of Independent States and Central and Eastern Europe. Bypass pipelines have already begun to affect transit and will create a large additional capacity. I argue that bypass pipelines may increase the security of supply. Here and elsewhere in the paper, attention also turns to the EU's Third Energy Package. In Section 5, the role of Russian gas in Central and Eastern Europe (consisting of both EU Member States and Energy Community Contracting Parties) is examined country by country, emphasising the gas supply portfolios, and existing and planned physical infrastructure. Finally, before concluding, diversification projects in the Southern Corridor are discussed separately in Section 6. I argue that by the end of this decade, gas from the second stage of Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz field development could reach Europe.
Author | : Jeffrey Mankoff |
Publisher | : Council on Foreign Relations |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 087609423X |
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This Council Special Report explores the challenges faced by consumer and supplier alike in Europe and Eurasia. It looks at Russia's rise as an energy power, analyzing its control of supplies and delivery systems and its investments in energy infrastructure across Europe, as well as questions about the potential of its production. The report also examines Europe's difficulties in forging a common policy on energy supply and recommends a two-pronged strategy of integration and diversification. It urges Europe to integrate both internally -- developing a single EU gas market -- and externally -- tying Russia's energy sector to Europe and its more transparent regulations. It also recommends that Europe seek new sources of energy from both non-Russian suppliers and non-fossil fuels.
Author | : Bhavna Dave |
Publisher | : CEPS |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 929079707X |
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"In July 2007, the European Union initiated a fundamentally new approach to the countries of Central Asia. The launch of the EU Strategy for Central Asia signals a qualitative shift in the Union's relations with a region of the world that is of growing importance as a supplier of energy, is geographically situated in a politically sensitive area - between China, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan and the south Caucasus - and contains some of the most authoritarian political regimes in the world. In this volume, leading specialists from Europe, the United States and Central Asia explore the key challenges facing the European Union as it seeks to balance its policies between enhancing the Union's energy, business and security interests in the region while strengthening social justice, democratisation efforts and the protection of human rights. With chapters devoted to the Union's bilateral relations with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan and to the vital issues of security and democratisation, 'Engaging Central Asia' provides the first comprehensive analysis of the EU's strategic initiative in a part of the world that is fast emerging as one of the key regions of the 21st century."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Daniel Sheldon Hamilton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780990772095 |
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The future of Europe's east is open. Can the societies of this vast region become more democratic and secure and integrate into the European mainstream? Or are they destined to become failed, fractured lands of grey mired in the stagnation and turbulence historically characteristic of Europe's borderlands? How and why is Russia seeking to influence these developments, and what is the future of Russia itself? How should the West engage?
Author | : Alexandros Petersen |
Publisher | : Centre for European Reform |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Asia, Central |
ISBN | : 1907617019 |
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Russia is the world's biggest hydrocarbon producer. China is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing energy markets. The two are neighbours. Yet their energy relationship is very thin. Instead, they compete for vast and largely unexplored Central Asian resources. As Kazakh oil and Turkmen gas start flowing to China, Russia's traditional dominance in the region is diminishing. However, the Central Asian states are not passive pawns in a new 'great game'. The EU and the US can help these countries to turn the new energy geopolitics to their advantage.
Author | : Janusz Bugajski |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780985504557 |
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Eurasian Disunion: Russia's Vulnerable Flanks examines the impact of Moscow's neo-imperial project on the security of several regions bordering the Russian Federation, analyses the geopolitical aspects of Kremlin ambitions, and makes recommendations for the future role of NATO, the EU, and the United States in the Wider Europe. Russia's attack on Ukraine and the dismemberment of its territory is not an isolated operation. It constitutes one component of a broader strategic agenda to rebuild a Moscow-centered bloc designed to compete with the West. The acceleration of President Vladimir Putin's neo-imperial project has challenged the security of several regions that border the Russian Federation and focused attention on the geopolitical aspects of Kremlin ambitions. This book is intended to generate a more informed policy debate on the dangers stemming from the restoration of a Russian-centered "pole of power" or "sphere of influence" in Eurasia. It focuses on five vulnerable flanks bordering the Russian Federation--the Baltic and Nordic zones, East Central Europe, Southeast Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia. It examines several pivotal questions, including the strategic objectives of Moscow's expansionist ambitions; Kremlin tactics and capabilities; the impact of Russia's assertiveness on the national security of neighbors; the responses of vulnerable states to Russia's geopolitical ambitions; the impact of prolonged regional turmoil on the stability of the Russian Federation and the survival of the Putinist regime; and the repercussions of heightened regional tensions for U.S., NATO, and EU policy toward Russia and toward unstable regions bordering the Russian Federation.
Author | : Heather A. Conley |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 86 |
Release | : 2016-10-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1442279591 |
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Russia has cultivated an opaque web of economic and political patronage across the Central and Eastern European region that the Kremlin uses to influence and direct decisionmaking. This report from the CSIS Europe Program, in partnership with the Bulgarian Center for the Study of Democracy, is the result of a 16-month study on the nature of Russian influence in five case countries: Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Latvia, and Serbia.
Author | : Henning Steinfeld |
Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9789251055717 |
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Total Pages | : 238 |
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Genre | : Energy policy |
ISBN | : 9789075458824 |
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Author | : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
Publisher | : UN |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9789211302950 |
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