“Less than a Year Since…” Does the Normalization of Russia–Turkey Relations Really Work?

... allows Moscow to circumvent the European Union’s Third Energy Package. At the same time, it is clear that, in implementing Turkish Stream, Moscow obtains additional leverage on the regional balance of energy powers by creating a project which, in the ... ... (TANAP) pipeline. In the long term, Russia may count on gaining partial control over the Mediterranean energy market, including Syria. Thus, Moscow carries out a pre-emptive strike intended to afford Russia the possibility of blocking off a part of the European ...