Degree Year
2009
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Politics
Advisor(s)
Lawrence Markowitz
Keywords
Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Energy, Gas, Oil, Leverage, Foreign policy, Gazprom; Itera
Abstract
This work explores Russia’s use of energy as leverage in the near abroad. This work argues that different strategies of using energy, such as moderation or aggression, lead to different outcomes in the near abroad. The current work on Russian foreign policy fails to provide an explanation for the wildly different outcomes of Georgia and Ukraine – this work seeks to fill in those gaps.
Repository Citation
Visotzky, Alexander M., "Double-Edged Sword: Russia’s Use of Energy as Leverage in the Near Abroad" (2009). Honors Papers. 486.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/486
