Russia’s use of its vast energy resources for leverage against
post-Soviet states such as Ukraine is widely recognized as a
threat. Yet we cannot understand this danger without also
understanding the opportunity that Russian energy represents. From
corruption-related profits to transportation-fee income to
subsidized prices, many within these states have benefited by
participating in Russian energy exports. To understand Russian
energy power in the region, it is necessary to look at the entire
value chain—including production, processing, transportation, and
marketing—and at the full spectrum of domestic and external
actors involved, from Gazprom to regional oligarchs to European
Union regulators. This book follows Russia’s three largest
fossil-fuel exports—natural gas, oil, and coal—from production
in Siberia through transportation via Ukraine to final use in
Germany in order to understand the tension between energy as threat
and as opportunity. Margarita M. Balmaceda reveals how this dynamic
has been a key driver of political development in post-Soviet
states in the period between independence in 1991 and Russia’s
annexation of Crimea in 2014. She analyzes how the physical
characteristics of different types of energy, by shaping how they
can be transported, distributed, and even stolen, affect how each
is used—not only technically but also politically. Both a
geopolitical travelogue of the journey of three fossil fuels across
continents and an incisive analysis of technology’s role in
fossil-fuel politics and economics, this book offers new ways of
thinking about energy in Eurasia and beyond.
General
Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Woodrow Wilson Center Series |
Release date: |
May 2021 |
First published: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Margarita M. Balmaceda
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
440 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-19748-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-231-19748-9 |
Barcode: |
9780231197489 |
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