Energy Cooperation: A Policy of Slow Strangulation
... early 2000s, Europe closed its eyes to its energy dependence on Russia, expecting the country to become a kind of second Norway,... ... Therefore, I would rate the probability of direct, formalized trade sanctions by the EU on Russian energy resources exports as extremely ... ... Ukraine’s gas transportation system depends entirely on whether the South Stream Gas Pipeline Project is implemented or not. As for ... ... against 119.6 billion m3 in 2008), bypassing the latter. Today the European Union is facing an unconventional choice. The first option ...
03.04.2014