1st Edition

Energy Security and Cooperation in Eurasia Power, profits and politics

By Ekaterina Svyatets Copyright 2016
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

Why are bilateral relations, especially in the area of energy security, so different in the cases of U.S.-Russia, U.S.-Azerbaijan, and Russia-Germany energy deals? Why do some states find common ground despite differences, while others, with all the seemingly favourable conditions, are sinking into animosity? Energy Security and Cooperation in Eurasia explores varying outcomes of energy... Read more

Introduction  1. Energy Security: The Current Approaches of Scholarship  2. U.S.-Russia Energy Ties  3. U.S.-Azerbaijan Energy Diplomacy: BTC and Beyond  4. Russia-Germany Energy Cooperation  5. The Ukraine Conflict: A Game-Changer?  6. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations: Away from Resource Dependency toward a Sustainable Energy Mix

Biography

Ekaterina Svyatets is a lecturer at the University of Southern California, USA. She teaches economics and policy of natural resources and the environment.