Politics Of Energy Dependency: Ukraine, Belarus, And Lithuania Between Domestic Oligarchs And Russian Pressure (studies In Comparative Political Economy And Public Policy)
by Margarita M. Balmaceda /
2015 / English / PDF
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Energy has been an important element in Moscow’s quest to exert
power and influence in its surrounding areas both before and
after the collapse of the USSR. With their political independence
in 1991, Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania also became, virtually
overnight, separate energy-poor entities heavily dependent on
Russia. This increasingly costly dependency – and elites’
scrambling over associated profits – came to crucially affect not
only relations with Russia, but the very nature of
post-independence state building.
Energy has been an important element in Moscow’s quest to exert
power and influence in its surrounding areas both before and
after the collapse of the USSR. With their political independence
in 1991, Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania also became, virtually
overnight, separate energy-poor entities heavily dependent on
Russia. This increasingly costly dependency – and elites’
scrambling over associated profits – came to crucially affect not
only relations with Russia, but the very nature of
post-independence state building.The Politics of Energy Dependency
The Politics of Energy Dependency explores why these
states were unable to move towards energy diversification.
Through extensive field research using previously untapped
local-language sources, Margarita M. Balmaceda reveals a complex
picture of local elites dealing with the complications of energy
dependency and, in the process, affecting the energy security of
Europe as a whole.
explores why these
states were unable to move towards energy diversification.
Through extensive field research using previously untapped
local-language sources, Margarita M. Balmaceda reveals a complex
picture of local elites dealing with the complications of energy
dependency and, in the process, affecting the energy security of
Europe as a whole.
A must-read for anyone interested in Eastern Europe, Russia, and
the politics of natural resources, this book reveals the insights
gained by looking at post-Soviet development and international
relations issues not only from a Moscow-centered perspective, but
from that of individual actors in other states.
A must-read for anyone interested in Eastern Europe, Russia, and
the politics of natural resources, this book reveals the insights
gained by looking at post-Soviet development and international
relations issues not only from a Moscow-centered perspective, but
from that of individual actors in other states.