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Post-graduate researcher, double Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Law (UPO), Master in Pace, Security and Defense (IUGM), and Master in Science of Religions: History and Society (UPO-UC3M-ULL).
Project Goal: Legal, political, and security studies about Europe's position in relation to Huawei's expansion in 5G sector (2019-2020)
Current Stage: Finished
The “European Green Deal” has ambitious aims, such as net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. While the European Union aims to make its energies greener, Russia pursues power-goals based on its status as a geo-energy superpower. A successful “European Green Deal” would have the up-to-now underestimated geopolitical advantage of making the European Union less dependent on Russian hydrocarbons. In this article, we illustrate Russian power-politics and its geopolitical implications by analyzing the illustrative case of the North Caucasus, which has been traditionally a strategic region for Russia. The present article describes and analyses the impact of Russian intervention in the North Caucasian secessionist conflict since 1991 and its importance in terms of natural resources, especially hydrocarbons. The geopolitical power secured by Russia in the North Caucasian conflict has important implications for European Union’s energy supply security and could be regarded as a strong argument in favor of the “European Green Deal”.
José Antonio Peña-Ramos; Philipp Bagus; Dmitri Amirov-Belova. The North Caucasus Region as a Blind Spot in the “European Green Deal”: Energy Supply Security and Energy Superpower Russia. Energies 2020, 14, 17 .
AMA StyleJosé Antonio Peña-Ramos, Philipp Bagus, Dmitri Amirov-Belova. The North Caucasus Region as a Blind Spot in the “European Green Deal”: Energy Supply Security and Energy Superpower Russia. Energies. 2020; 14 (1):17.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé Antonio Peña-Ramos; Philipp Bagus; Dmitri Amirov-Belova. 2020. "The North Caucasus Region as a Blind Spot in the “European Green Deal”: Energy Supply Security and Energy Superpower Russia." Energies 14, no. 1: 17.
The abruption of the Soviet Union provoked a very unstable decade of decay for Russia, and created numerous conflicts in the post-Soviet space. Russia recovered influence at global and, mainly, regional level, after Vladimir Putin became president in 2000, and after the rise of the hydrocarbons' price. Energy policy played an indispensable role. For the Russian geo-energy interests, Eastern Europe, where several secessionist conflicts took place, leading to Russian political, diplomatic and military intervention, was crucial. This article examines and discusses the impact of Russian intervention in these conflicts, based on its geo-energy interests, particularly since Putin became president. The working hypothesis proposes that Russia's involvement in the three secessionist conflicts in Eastern Europe (Crimea, Donbass and Transnistria) has considerably benefited the many Russian geo-energy interests. [Received: December 22, 2017; Accepted: March 20, 2018]
José Antonio Peña Ramos; Dmitri Amirov. The role of geo-energy interests of Russia in secessionist conflicts in Eastern Europe. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology 2018, 18, 485 .
AMA StyleJosé Antonio Peña Ramos, Dmitri Amirov. The role of geo-energy interests of Russia in secessionist conflicts in Eastern Europe. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology. 2018; 18 (3/4):485.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé Antonio Peña Ramos; Dmitri Amirov. 2018. "The role of geo-energy interests of Russia in secessionist conflicts in Eastern Europe." International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology 18, no. 3/4: 485.