1st Edition

Understanding Energy Security in Central and Eastern Europe Russia, Transition and National Interest

Edited By Wojciech Ostrowski, Eamonn Butler Copyright 2018
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

The purpose of this book is to move beyond the approach which views energy as a purely geopolitical tool of the Russian state and assumes a 'one size fits all' approach to energy security in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It argues that in order to fully understand Russian involvement in the regional energy complex, the CEE-Russian energy relationship should be analysed in the context of... Read more

Table of Contents

 

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction

Wojciech Ostrowski

Part I: Analytical Framework

2. Energy Security in Central and Eastern Europe – an IR Theoretical Dimension

Roland Dannreuther

3. Debating Transition

Terry Cox

4. Russian Energy Companies and the Central and Eastern European Energy Sector

Sylvain Rossiaud & Catherine Locatelli

Part II: Case Studies

5. Czech Republic

Rick Fawn

6. Romania

Anca-Elena Mihalache

7. Poland

Wojciech Ostrowski

8. Bulgaria

Dimitar Bechev

9. Hungary

Eamonn Butler

10. Baltic States

Giedrius Česnakas

11. Serbia

Milos Damnjanovic

12. Conclusion: Central and Eastern European Energy Security – More than Russia

Eamonn Butler

Biography

Wojciech Ostrowski is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster

Eamonn Butler is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow