Held captive by gas
| Titel: | Held captive by gas : the price of politics in Gazprom's Long-Term contracts with Central European Buyers (2009 to 2014) / Joshua Posaner |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Wiesbaden : Springer VS, [2020] |
| Umfang: | XII, 269 Seiten |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz Research |
| Hochschulschrift: | Dissertation, Freie Universität Berlin, 2016 |
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Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe: Posaner, Joshua. Held Captive by Gas. - Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2020
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| ISBN: | 9783658275174 ; 3658275170 ; 9783658275181 |
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Gas makes or breaks economies, as shown by the effects of the 2009 Ukraine/Russia gas supply crisis. Joshua Posaner looks at four case study countries in Central and Eastern Europe. He examines the interdependence between the domestic political structure of a gas import-dependent country and the price it paid for imports up to 2014, using the level of reliance on the dominant supplier as an indicator. The more dependent a country is on a single supplier, the more it pays for its supplies. The author aims to explain why capitals prioritize energy security and balance their import portfolios differently, while taking a new angle on the European gas system. He offers a timely investigation into an oft-reported subject, with Russia's perceived "energy weapon" and themes of "energy dependence" weighing heavily on European political discourse.
