Transnational Gas Markets and Euro-Russian Energy Relations

Product Description


This books analyses how transnational gas markets have evolved and impacted on EU-Russia energy relations. It examines how the political conflict surrounding Ukraine has accelerated a negative interdependence in the region, with energy interdependence increasingly used as an instrument of diplomacy.


Review


"An insightful and lucid account of the way in which politics and economics exert their influence on Europe's gas market. Belyi's book cuts through the complexity with a powerful theoretical framework backed up with ample factual support. A must-read for anyone interested in Russia's role in Europe's energy future." - Edward Lucas, The Economist, United Kingdom
"This is an important book, because it connects two trends that are usually considered separately: the recentralization of gas as an instrument of Kremlin policy and the rise of a new legal and regulatory framework within the European Union. The collision between these two has profoundly destabilized the Russian-European gas trade and contributed to the present geopolitical crisis. This is an insightful and timely analysis of a major policy issue." - Thane Gustafson, IHS Energy and Georgetown University, United States


About the Author


Andrei V. Belyi is a senior researcher at the Centre for EU Russia Studies at the University of Tartu, Estonia, and a Global Faculty member at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee, United Kingdom. He regularly teaches international energy relations and has been affiliated with the Energy LLM at the University of Eastern Finland, Finland. His areas of expertise are international energy markets, EU gas policies and Russian hydrocarbons.