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Energy Security

Energy security is rapidly moving up the international agenda. The CSS is deeply involved in examining how natural resources affect levels of international conflict and cooperation. Research has focused on the role of producers, consumers, and the various interactions among them. In contrast to many of the alarmist writings predicting more conflict as the availability of resources shrinks, this research looks more carefully at defining the causal mechanisms linking energy to conflict and emphasizes the large number of ways to promote international cooperation through effective energy policies. Ongoing projects examine the development of new frameworks for producer-consumer relations, the role of Russia in European and global energy security, and the reasons why some states are able to resolve undefined borders in resource-rich areas while others are not.

Recent Products

«Energieautarkie ist heute nicht mehr möglich»
Editor(s): Avenir Suisse
Date: 2013/03/25
Publication Year: 2013
Gas stinkt nicht? – Wie Kiew den Westen lockt
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
In: Deutsche Welle
Date: 2013/02/21
Publication Year: 2013
Das Millionen-Rohr
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
In: SonntagsZeitung
Date: 2013/01/06
Publication Year: 2013
The Shale Gas Revolution and the Global Commons
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
In: Natural Gas Europe
Publication Year: 2013
The Shale Gas Revolution and the Global Commons
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
Series: ISN Special Reports
Publisher(s): International Relations and Security Network (ISN), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013
Putins prekäre Pipeline
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
In: Zeit Online
Date: 2012/12/07
Publication Year: 2012
Gazprom: Selective Reliability as a Power Instrument
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
In: New Eastern Europe
Publication Year: 2012
Russia's Pipeline Overstretch
Market Monopolization at the Expense of Reliability
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Aglaya Snetkov, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute of History, University of Basel
Publication Year: 2012
Unconventional Resources: The Shifting Geographies and Geopolitics of Energy
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
In: Strategic Trends 2012: Key Developments in Global Affairs
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012
"Nord Stream" versus "Nabucco"
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
In: Deutschlandfunk, Hintergrund Politik
Date: 2011/11/06
Publication Year: 2011
Conflict over Arctic Energy
States, Corporations, Politics
Author(s): Robert Orttung
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute of History, University of Basel
Publication Year: 2011
Energy Security
Oil Price Volatility and Pervasive Resource Nationalism
Author(s): Matthew Hulbert
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
In: Strategic Trends 2010: Key Developments in Global Affairs
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010
Energy and the Transformation of International Relations
Toward a New Producer-Consumer Framework
Author(s): Andreas Wenger, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Bassam Fattouh, Roger Tissot, Monica Enfield, Michael Evan Webber, John Roberts, Mikkal Herberg, Tanvi Madan
Editor(s): Andreas Wenger, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Russian Energy Power Abroad
Author(s): Jeronim Perovic
Editor(s): Jeronim Perovic, Robert Orttung, Matthias Neumann, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2008
Russia's Energy Policy
Should Europe Worry?
Author(s): Jeronim Perovic, Robert Orttung
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2007

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