{"title":"EU–Russia energy cooperation: implications for Lithuania’s energy security","authors":"Pramod Kumar","doi":"10.1057/s41311-024-00621-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has significantly strained relations between Russia and the European Union (EU) in the energy sector leading to severe turmoil. This crisis has further jeopardized the energy security of EU member states, particularly smaller countries such as Lithuania, which heavily relies on Russia for its energy resources. Nevertheless, even before this crisis, Lithuania’s energy security was already deemed inadequate despite the relatively favorable state of EU–Russia energy cooperation. This research paper aims to analyze the EU–Russia energy cooperation before and during the war. It also explores the implications of the EU–Russia energy cooperation and the Russia–Ukraine war on Lithuania’s energy security. This article concludes that with the start of the Russia–Ukraine war, the EU–Russia energy relation is experiencing a severe crisis. Before and during the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, Lithuania—compared to Western European states—received different and unexpected treatment from the EU, impacting its energy security.</p>","PeriodicalId":46593,"journal":{"name":"International Politics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Politics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-024-00621-5","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has significantly strained relations between Russia and the European Union (EU) in the energy sector leading to severe turmoil. This crisis has further jeopardized the energy security of EU member states, particularly smaller countries such as Lithuania, which heavily relies on Russia for its energy resources. Nevertheless, even before this crisis, Lithuania’s energy security was already deemed inadequate despite the relatively favorable state of EU–Russia energy cooperation. This research paper aims to analyze the EU–Russia energy cooperation before and during the war. It also explores the implications of the EU–Russia energy cooperation and the Russia–Ukraine war on Lithuania’s energy security. This article concludes that with the start of the Russia–Ukraine war, the EU–Russia energy relation is experiencing a severe crisis. Before and during the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, Lithuania—compared to Western European states—received different and unexpected treatment from the EU, impacting its energy security.
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International Politics?is a leading peer reviewed journal dedicated to transnational issues and global problems. It subscribes to no political or methodological identity and welcomes any appropriate contributions designed to communicate findings and enhance dialogue.International Politics?defines itself as critical in character truly international in scope and totally engaged with the central issues facing the world today. Taking as its point of departure the simple but essential notion that no one approach has all the answers it aims to provide a global forum for a rapidly expanding community of scholars from across the range of academic disciplines.International Politics?aims to encourage debate controversy and reflection. Topics addressed within the journal include:Rethinking the Clash of CivilizationsMyths of WestphaliaHolocaust and ChinaLeo Strauss and the Cold WarJustin Rosenberg and Globalisation TheoryPutin and the WestThe USA Post-BushCan China Rise Peacefully Just WarsCuba Castro and AfterGramsci and IRIs America in Decline。