ÖZP 2009/4  S.407-421

Michail Logvinov

Energy as a weapon? European Energy Security Discourse as a "Threat Industry" and Conflicts of Interest in the Russian-Polish-German Triangle

Keywords: Russia, EU, security of supply, Gazprom

The role of Russia in the European energy security has never before been pictured as ambivalent as today. Arguments based on security policy considerations dominate the public und academic debate of energy security. This article examines the securitization arguments and regards the existing interdependencies, which link European and Russian energy industries.