International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

Russia's geopolitical power and geo-energy relations with the European Union in Greater Eurasia

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Reza Simbar 1
Daniyal Rezapoor 2
1 Professor of Political Science and International Relations. Universitas Guilan
2 Eurasian Researcher and Ph.D. of International Relations. Universitas Guilan
Abstract
Energy as one of the most important global issues and natural gas due to its unique characteristics, especially in the manner and route of its transmission, is of great importance in this century. Hence, in the context of geoeconomics, concepts such as energy security, energy producers and consumers, gas transmission lines have a special place in the geo-economic discourse. The EU's high consumption and growing energy demand due to resource shortages and, consequently, the need to import energy, especially from Russia, the world's largest holder of gas resources, is a factor in Moscow's geopolitical power as a means to an end. Make increasing efforts in the political and economic spheres. In addition to Russia and the European Union, the study also considers transit countries through which Russian gas passes through pipelines as a third influential player. The main question of the article, given the above issues, is what geopolitical components have led to the formation of cooperation and conflict between Russia and the European Union over the energy issue? The article claims that the atmosphere in the geo-economic relations between the two actors in the face of the Ukraine crisis, the pipeline projects, the third energy package, and the Union's antitrust investigation against Russia, usher in a new era of geopolitical competition and cooperation. This will figure out Russia and the European Union. The research method in this article is descriptive-analytical and a tool for collecting information on libraries and cyberspace.
Keywords
Russia
EU
energy security
pipelines
Ukraine
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