A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EU MEMBER STATES REGARDING THEIR INTERDEPENDENCE WITH RUSSIA

• Main Author: Loredana Maria SIMIONOV
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi 2015-03-01
• Series: CES Working Papers
• Subjects: Interdependence; vulnerability; energy; advantage; gas
• Online Access: http://ceswp.uaic.ro/articles/CESWP2015_VII1_SII.pdf

The interdependence is definitely the most common concept used to describe the relations between the EU and Russia. Nevertheless, despite their obvious interdependence, there are still a series of debates in literature which usually arise when it comes to describing its typology and its implications, especially in the analysis at the Member States level. Moreover, given the complexity and variety of relations between the EU-27 and the Russian Federation, the present study aims to outline a comprehensive picture of the interdependence between the two actors at a regional level by conducting a comparative analysis of the European Union Member States according to their interdependence with Russia, considering energy as the main aspect of their relations. In this sense, the scientific approach will focus on a comparative analysis of the mutual energy dependencies between the member states and Russia, in order to characterize the interdependence typologies, as well as to identify the distribution of cost and advantages.