The EU gas buyers’ cartel: a reality check

Jacob M. Farley // 26 January 2023

Since its geopolitical turn, the European Commission has time and again reiterated the need for member states to level up the EU’s autonomous security …

EU Gas Security: A supply-side solution

Tom Dustow // 8 September 2022

In early September, Gazprom announced an indefinite shutdown of the key Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which normally accounts for one-third of Russian gas imports …

Is a common EU energy policy feasible?

Alvaro Martin // 21 June 2022

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, questions about energy independence in the EU and the various ways this could …

Only a Sith deals in absolutes: how to nudge the Taxonomy towards Light Side

15 June 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced the European Union and its member states to substantially revise their energy policy in order to meet short-term …

Fracking: it’s now or never

Robbie Raeside // 31 May 2022

In many states across Europe, fracking is banned due to nimbyism (reluctance to be the site of fracking themselves) and pressure from green groups, …

Energy price hikes: less moralising, more economics

Bruno Prior // 20 January 2020

The energy-price crisis is an economic problem.
It is not a moral problem. It is a matter of bringing supply and demand for various …

Reshaping Eurasian relations

Daniel Iturri Calvo // 11 June 2019

The European Commission has recently begun the process of rekindling the EU’s relationship with Central Asia, located at the crossroads between the Middle East, …