European Energy Security Governance: Keychallenges and Opportunities in EU-Russia Energy Relations

The paper is dealing with the role of energy security questions within EU–Russia relations, particularly in the context of their import–export interdepedence. The article is concentrating on the oil and gas sectors as this two branches play crucial role in EU–Russia energy relations. The paper is also analyzing the importance of Russian oil and gas sectors for the Russian economic security in general. By describing the problems of those two sectors, author is showing on the one hand threats for further Russian economic development and on the other hand risk for EU energetic security. Since EU is the biggest consumer of Russian energy resources and Russia is the biggest supplier of EU energy resources, problems of Russian energy sector strongly influence EU energy security. The article is analyzing this interdependencies.

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Finland’s Dependence on Russian Energy—Mutually Beneficial Trade Relations or an Energy Security Threat?

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10103445 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3445 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Jaakko Jääskeläinen ◽

Sakari Höysniemi ◽

Sanna Syri ◽

Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen

Keyword(s):

Energy Security ◽

Primary Energy ◽

Security Threat ◽

Trade Relations ◽

Security Issues ◽

Energy Trade ◽

Economic Trends ◽

Energy Relations

Studies on energy security in the context of relations between European Union (EU) and Russia tend to focus on cases, with an open conflict related to supply, such as “hard” energy weapons, or on only one fuel, often natural gas. However, there is a need to understand the long-term impacts that energy relations have politically, economically and physically, and their linkages between resilience, sustainability and security. We analyse the Finnish-Russian energy relations as a case study, as they are characterised by a non-conflictual relationship. To assess this complex relationship, we apply the interdependence framework to analyse both the energy systems and energy strategies of Finland and Russia, and the energy security issues related to the notable import dependence on one supplier. Moreover, we analyse the plausible development of the energy trade between the countries in three different energy policy scenarios until 2040. The findings of the article shed light on how the trends in energy markets, climate change mitigation and broader societal and political trends could influence Russia’s energy trade relations with countries, such as Finland. Our analysis shows that Finland’s dependence on primary energy imports does not pose an acute energy security threat in terms of sheer supply, and the dependence is unlikely to worsen in the future. However, due to the difficulty in anticipating societal, political, and economic trends, there are possible developments that could affect Finland.

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Problems of energy relations beetween Russia and the EU

nauka.me ◽

10.18254/s241328880000063-3 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 0

Author(s):

Evgeny Kravchenko

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Energy Security ◽

Energy Sector ◽

External Factors ◽

European Market ◽

The European Union ◽

Current State ◽

Energy Relations ◽

Internal And External Factors ◽

The Eu

This article is devoted to the problems of energy dialogue between Russia and the European Union. The work reveals the most pressing problems of bilateral energy relations between Russia and the EU, assessed the prospects for their solution and identified scenarios for development over the next 30 years. The article is mostly based on fresh statistics in the energy sector. The author identifies the internal and external factors of the current state of EU energy security. Will the energy relations between Russia and the EU develop in terms of interdependence? Is the European market so promising for Russia? Is the policy of diversification of energy supplies to the EU effective? The author tries to answer all these and many other questions in tlis article.

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Jackson Energy Security Workshop: August 6-7, 2015

The UW National Parks Service Research Station Annual Reports ◽

10.13001/uwnpsrc.2015.4117 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 38 ◽

pp. 143-147

Author(s):

Jean Garrison

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Community Development ◽

Energy Security ◽

Energy Resources ◽

Global Studies ◽

Non Profit ◽

Security Governance ◽

University Of Berlin ◽

Business Sectors ◽

Management Issues

The UW Center for Global Studies hosted a two-day workshop focusing on energy security involving interdisciplinary faculty from UW, faculty from the Free University of Berlin, and participants from the non-profit and business sectors. This two day event included presentation of six papers (see agenda below) in three panel sessions addressing a variety of issues including traditional and new approaches to energy security, governance and management issues, and community development and agency. A final roundtable session focused on engaging industry, practitioners, and activists in emerging solutions. The workshop was funded by the School of Energy Resources, the Center for Global Studies, and through a European Union grant through the Colorado European Union Center for Excellence at CU-Boulder. This report proceeds in three parts: 1) rationale and agenda, 2) participant list with bios, 3) a discussion of outcomes to date of the workshop.

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European-Russian Energy Relations: from Dependence to Interdependence

10.36253/978-88-5518-415-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Karina Galytska

Keyword(s):

Energy Security ◽

Balance Of Power ◽

Energy Sources ◽

The European Union ◽

Energy Flows ◽

Natural Energy ◽

National Energy Security ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Energy Relations ◽

The Eu

Due to the exploitation of international reservoirs, natural energy sources have become rare, disputed among States and therefore strategic. The reliance on these resources is linked to energy security and dependence in both terms of energy imports or exports. Furthermore, the access and reallocation of energy flows entail an alteration of the balance of power among States as well as the raise of national energy security strategies and debates. The aim of this volume is to analyze the evolution of energy relations between the European Union and the Russian Federation from a state of pure Dependence to the establishment of a balanced Interdependence, underling also the challenges facing the EU in terms of dependence and diversifications in the framework or the EU-Russian energy cooperation.

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