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Russian energy supplies to Europe: the Crimea crisis: mutual dependency, lasting collateral damage and strategic alternatives for the European Union

At least in the medium term Russia will remain the backbone of Europe’s energy supply. While the European Union possesses enough storage capacity to bridge a temporary interruption of gas supplies routed through Ukraine, it has precious few other immediate alternatives. In the medium to long term, however, Europe has diversification options that would also expand its foreign policy leeway. Overall, strong reciprocal dependencies and economic rationality should mitigate against allowing the political conflict to spread into economic and energy relations. Otherwise both sides will suffer massive economic harm. (author's abstract)

Russian energy supplies to Europe: the Crimea crisis: mutual dependency, lasting collateral damage and strategic alternatives for the European Union

Urheber*in: Westphal, Kirsten

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ISSN
1861-1761
Extent
Seite(n): 4
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
SWP Comment (16/2014)

Subject
Internationale Beziehungen
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Russland
Ukraine
politischer Konflikt
Erdgas
Export
Energieversorgung
Energiepolitik
EU
Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
internationale Beziehungen

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Westphal, Kirsten
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
(where)
Deutschland, Berlin
(when)
2014

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-389565
Rights
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST

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  • Stellungnahme

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  • Westphal, Kirsten
  • Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

Time of origin

  • 2014

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