Between Amity, Enmity and Europeanisation: EU Energy Security Policy and the Example of Bulgaria's Russian Energy Dependence

Maltby, Tomas

doi:10.1080/09668136.2015.1046817

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“…Since 1999, Lukoil has been the owner of Bulgaria's sole refinery near Burgas, which is also the region's largest (excluding Greece). The largest company in the country (as NIS is in Serbia), Lukoil Neftochim profits from a virtual monopoly over the Bulgarian wholesale and retail market of petrol and especially diesel (Maltby 2015;Sorensen 2016). Its long-time CEO Valentin Zlatev was among the most prominent business personalities in Bulgaria and was even called in a US Embassy cable "a vastly influential kingmaker and behind-the-scenes power broker" (Wikileaks 2006).…”

Section: The Economymentioning

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European-Russian Power Relations in Turbulent Times

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Karolewski²

2021

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After many years of gradually closer ties between Russia and the European Union (EU), this relationship has taken a turn for the worst, signaling possibly the darkest era in security on the continent since the end of the Cold War. Indeed, at the beginning of the 21st century, it was almost taken for granted that Russia, under Vladimir Putin's leadership, was gradually moving closer to the West and valued its relationship to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Many observers pointed to Russia's strategic partnership with the West, 1 and there was even talk of Russia's future possible membership in NATO, or even the EU. However, this trajectory began a sharp slide backward as a result of the Russo-Georgian War in 2008, with major implications for Europe, the US, and even the liberal world order at large. 2 Indeed, the international system today is transforming. The liberal world order is coming under threat on various fronts with the rise and growth of nondemocratic states, violent and criminal nonstate actors, asymmetric conflict, and cyber war, among other things. 3 What is perhaps most surprising, as John Ikenberry points out, is that the biggest threat to the liberal world order actually stems from the most powerful "hostile revisionist power . . . it has begun to sabotage the order it created . . . it sits in the Oval Office, the beating heart of the free world. " 4 With this climate of uncertainty and insecurity, many states are reverting to less cooperative forms of interaction in the international system, oftentimes resulting in crisis. The Russia-EU relationship is one of the central dynamics behind the emergence of this less stable system. For the EU, increasing Russian aggression and disregard for international law through its encroachments

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Section: The Economymentioning

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European-Russian Power Relations in Turbulent Times

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2021

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“…1 The effect of enlargement on environmental policy has been extensively discussed, with many analysts expecting that the accession of poorer member states (MS) with a mixed environmental record and little interest for environmental protection would affect EU policies negatively. 2 As for the inter-related sectors of energy and climate change, the impact of enlargement remained relatively neglected until recently, when it has received more attention due to the increasingly sensitive character that this issue has acquired for Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) (Mišík 2010;Spencer and Fazekas 2012;Braun 2014;Maltby 2015). However, these contributions do not address directly the impact of newer member states (NMS) on EU performance in the policy area, nor specify the mechanisms through which enlargement has affected policy-making.…”

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The more the merrier? Assessing the impact of enlargement on EU performance in energy and climate change policies

Bocquillon

Maltby

2017

East European Politics

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This article examines the impact of enlargement on European Union (EU) performance in energy and climate change policies. It looks at process-driven performance, focusing especially on agenda-setting, negotiation dynamics and institutional changeas well outcome-driven performance, looking at policy objectives and their implementation. The empirical analysis is based on qualitative, comparative case studies of EU climate change and energy security policies. We argue that, although recent enlargements have not led to permanent institutional deadlock or a stable Eastern coalition, they have contributed to bringing some issues back to the top of the European agendasuch as the security of gas suppliesas well as to fuel old debatesin particular the issue of burden sharing in climate change negotiations. In terms of outcome, enlargement has not prevented the adoption of relatively ambitious climate legislation, although Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) have been able to obtain significant concessions. Besides, CEECs have made a positive, although limited, contribution to improving EU security. However, their impact may further increase as the paper points to their renewed assertiveness in both energy security and climate policy in recent years.

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“…As a result, the economies of the country became affected by the exchange rate [39,40]. Some countries import their energy needs from abroad because they do not have enough energy sources [41][42][43][44]. Therefore, the increase in exchange rates makes the gasoline purchased by these countries more expensive.…”

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Elasticity Analysis of Fossil Energy Sources for Sustainable Economies: A Case of Gasoline Consumption in Turkey

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The current paper investigates the gasoline demand relationship in the case of Turkey, utilizing different econometric techniques and using quarterly data spanning from 2000Q1 to 2019Q1. The estimation results revealed that income and gasoline price are the main drivers of consumption. The found long-run income, price and auto stock elasticities are 0.25, −0.27 and −0.80, respectively. In addition, it is concluded that in the short-run, gasoline demand does not respond to changes in income, price and car stock. The estimation results also showed that the contribution of commercial and public car stock on gasoline demand is higher than that for private auto stock. Based on the finding of the study it is concluded that to achieve the optimal use of gasoline in line with providing high quality transport services, firstly, policies before the 2012 period can be followed. Secondly, channels such as pricing mechanism and taxation policies can be used in this framework.

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Between Amity, Enmity and Europeanisation: EU Energy Security Policy and the Example of Bulgaria's Russian Energy Dependence

Cited by 23 publications

References 27 publications

European-Russian Power Relations in Turbulent Times

European-Russian Power Relations in Turbulent Times

The more the merrier? Assessing the impact of enlargement on EU performance in energy and climate change policies

Elasticity Analysis of Fossil Energy Sources for Sustainable Economies: A Case of Gasoline Consumption in Turkey

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