EU-RUSSIA ENERGY RELATIONS FROM A REALIST POINT OF VIEW
EU-RUSSIA ENERGY RELATIONS FROM A REALIST POINT OF VIEW

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to develop a critical approach to one of the most important EU policies of the last five decades, the energy policy. It will follow its development over time and the repercussions which it had over European energy security. The Russian Federation is the European Union’s top energy partner, which makes the relationship with this state very difficult in terms of energy security maintenance. The overall objective is to prove that oil or gas, two resources that should be considered purely economic factors, have, on the contrary, become purely political ones (e.g. Georgia, Ukraine). In order to achieve this objective I used: forecasts of energy demand for global energy supply, forecasts of energetic recourses decline, official statistics provided by the ministries or agencies and official treaties.

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