The Nabucco Gas Pipeline Project and Its Impact on EU Energy Policy in the South Caucasus

Author(s): Julia Kusznir
Editor(s): Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Lili Di Puppo
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 33
Pages: 9-12
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Resource Security Institute (RSI), Arlington; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tbilisi; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2011

If constructed, the Nabucco Gas Pipeline would provide Europe with up to 31 billion cubic meters of gas a year from non-Russian sources. While a variety of problems hinder construction of the pipeline, Russia's evolving relationship with Ukraine may promote change in the current stagnant situation. However, a growing role for the European Union in the South Caucasus may provoke new tensions in its relations with Russia.

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