Geo-politics of the Euro-Asia energy nexus
Subtitle: the European Union, Russia and Turkey
By: Ali Tekin, Paul Andrew Williams
Contributors: Williams, Paul Andrew, 1964-
Series: New security challenges series; New security challenges series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Basingstoke
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780230252615
Subjects: Energiepolitik; Membership; Geopolitik; Foreign economic relations; European Union; Energy policy
Description: Explores how EU countries are vulnerable to energy cut-offs by Russia and how this has affected EU candidate member Turkey, which may emerge as a new and potentially more stable corridor.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Europe's security, Russian energy and Turkey's EU accession bid; title: EU energy policy. Evolution of EU energy policy ; External dimension of European energy policy; title: The European Union, Russia and other actors. EU dependence on Russian energy ; The EU outreach to non-Russian energy ; Roads to Europe for Caspian and Middle Eastern energy supplies; title: Turkey as a transit and candidate country. Turkey's role as a 'trans-European' energy corridor ; Turkey's energy role and its accession process.