Energy governance in the G7 and G20 after the Ukraine crisis
Journal: Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)
Year: 2017

This article examines the contribution of the G7 and G20 to energy governance following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and its continued support for Russophile separatists in eastern Ukraine afterwards. The Ukraine crisis is arguably the most severe security crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War. Given Russia’s position as the main supplier of oil and gas to the European Union (EU) and Ukraine’s pivotal role as transit country for Russian gas, the crisis has once again aler