No. 308: Geopolitical Dimensions of the Energy Transition

Author(s): Julian Kamasa
Series Editor(s): Benno Zogg, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 308
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine has intensified efforts in Europe to become more independent of Russian fossil fuels. This has given political urgency to ambitions for the development of more renewable energy sources. Access to raw materials outside Europe will be key to this process of energy transition, and it could become a new dimension of geopolitical competition.

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