Geopolitics of Natural Gas in Russian-European and Russian-American Relations

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies

© 2020 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal

Volume 7 Issue 2

Year of Publication : 2020

Authors : Aula A. Sadeq

10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V7I2P106

How to Cite?

Aula A. Sadeq, "Geopolitics of Natural Gas in Russian-European and Russian-American Relations," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 7,  no. 2, pp. 37-42, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V7I2P106

Abstract:

Russia is an important energy supplier as it holds the world's largest natural gas reserves and it is the world’s largest exporter of natural gas. This study aimed to show the role of Russian gas as an active part in shaping the Russian geopolitical relations with the European Union and America. Russia has redrawn its internal and external determinants of direct and indirect impact, strengthening its foreign policy. This study demonstrated the continued need of the European Union countries to import a greater amount of Russian natural gas and replace it with depleted oil, even if it costs it a state of tension with its American ally. This study also demonstrated the continued American need to control external energy sources to bridge the widening gap over time, which, if continued, would lose the unipolar policy, and multiplicity would become dominant.

Keywords:

Russian Gas, Energy security, the Soviet Union, unipolar, multipolarity, international strategy.

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