European Studies Quarterly

Partnership and Cooperation Agreements and the European Union's energy security in the context of Central Asia

2022, 2022, No. 1

Erwin Metera

0000-0001-9003-5810

DOI

10.31338/1641-2478pe.1.22.6

Publication date

05.05.2022

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Social sciences

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economics and finance, communication and media studies, political science and public administration, management and quality studies, law, sociology, international relations

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Polish, English

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Abstract

This article presents a qualitative research with the aim of analysing and prognosing the future of relations between the European Union and hydrocarbon exporting countries in Central Asia, based on bilateral Partnership and Cooperation Agreements. The results of analysis, set within the broader geopolitical competition for influence in the region, distinguishes Turkmenistan's significant role as both potentially important state for the future of the EU's energy security, as well as the greatest challenge in building relations with the states of the region in a framework that requires a common axiological foundation.

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