Russia’s Energy Strategy: Challenges and Foreign Energy Policy

• Autor(a) principal: Campos, Ana Cláudia Figueiredo Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/43957
• topic: Russia; Energy; Strategy; Foreign Energy Policy; Rússia; Energia; Estratégia; Desafios; Política Externa Energética; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Ciências Políticas

Russia is one of the most important players in the global energy system and one of the world's largest producers and exporters of energy. Energy is essential to the security, stability and development of the Russian Federation, as its economy heavily depends on energy exports. As such, energy security is a priority. Russia’s Energy Strategy aims to ensure its energy security and to guarantee its position in the global energy system. The Strategy identifies the main internal and external challenges to its energy security. New challenges are emerging, such as strengthening of competition in energy markets, emergence of new energy producers and supply routes, sanctions, instability and volatility of oil prices, among others. Therefore, Russia needs to adapt to the new dynamics in order to maintain its position and ensure its security. The strategy towards foreign energy policy is a key element to face these challenges. Russia is developing a strategy based on diversification to the Asia-Pacific region, in particular to China, as well as on energy cooperation with its traditional consumers, but also with other entities such as BRICS, EAEU, OPEC and GECF. This dissertation aims to analyse how the external challenges to Russia’s energy security are shaping its strategy towards foreign energy policy.