The Structure of Energy Politics in the South Caucasus: Grounds for Consolidation or Cooperation?
... not have any influence on the transit security and reliability of Russian fuel exports. Major Gas Pipelines of the Former Soviet Union [23] The major threat to the Russian energy security policy consists in declining revenues from exporting natural gas and oil to the European Union. In the case of the South Caucasus, the threat does not come from Azerbaijan (as the country alone cannot compete with Russia on production and export of natural resources), but from potential suppliers in Asia (Turkmenistan in particular) and Middle East (Iraq and Iran). The EU considers the Southern Corridor and other ...
03.06.2016
