RUSSIAN ENERGY STRATEGY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC IMPLICATIONS FOR AUSTRALIA

Аннотация

This book comprises four sections with chapters contributed by some of the world’s leading Russian energy scholars. An overview of the Asia-Pacific energy outlook, including energy security trends in the region, is first provided. Drivers for Russian strategy in the region are also explored. Next, Russian foreign energy strategy and the role that Moscow’s quest for great power plays in energy policy under Putin are discussed. It then tackles the implications of Russian aggression in 2014 on the Crimean Peninsula in terms of how the events have shaped Russian foreign energy strategy.