Fuelling the Fire: Rethinking European Policy in Times of Energy and Climate Crises by Valeria Costantini, Valentina Morando, Christopher Olk, Luca Tausch

“…On this basis, we analyse the struggle between Russia and the European core states over Ukraine in terms of the ability to extract an economic surplus through the unequal exchange of energy. The current escalation should be understood as an attempt by the Russian petrostate to preserve the economic basis of its regime, which is threatened by the prospect of a low-carbon transition in Europe. …”
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