Discursive Politics of Energy in EU–Russia Relations: Russia as an "Energy Superpower" and a "Raw-Material Appendage". Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kuteleva, Anna
• Is Part Of: Problems of post-communism. Volume 67:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 78
• Page End: 92
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Post-communism -- Periodicals; Post-communism; Periodicals; 330.91717
• DOI: 10.1080/10758216.2018.1520601
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1075-8216

Abstract

Abstract : Vladimir Putin's regime has struggled to restore Russia's great power status. The discourses that have emerged around Russian energy wealth play a particularly significant role in this struggle and shape Russia's identity in international relations. These multiple and contradictory understandings of energy resources are encapsulated in the two dominant discourses: the energy superpower and the raw-material appendage discourses. This paper examines these discourses and then demonstrates how they shape Russia's energy diplomacy toward the European Union (EU).