Russia: The energy context in review

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has seized the attention of the global community. How did this come to pass in 2022? Take a look back at publications from experts in the Center for Energy Studies to examine how the context of the energy market in recent years influences Russia's actions now. 

2022

• A Bridge Over Troubled Water: LNG FSRUs Can Enhance European Energy Security by Steven R. Miles and Gabriel Collins (March 29, 2022)
• Reroute, reduce, or replace? How the oil market might cope with a loss of Russian exports after the invasion of Ukraine by Mark Finley and Jim Krane (March 10, 2022)
• Send lawyers, (gas) and money: Executive Summary for "Strategic Response Options If Russia Cuts Gas Supplies to Europe" by Gabriel Collins, Kenneth B. Medlock III, Steven R. Miles and Anna Mikulska (Feb. 21, 2022)
• Strategic Response Options if Russia Cuts Gas Supplies to Europe by Gabriel Collins, Kenneth B. Medlock III, Steven R. Miles and Anna Mikulska (Feb. 11, 2022) 
• Op-ed: EU may shift from Russian gas to renewables by Jim Krane (Feb. 4, 2022) 

2021

• Bear, Meet Porcupine: Unconventional Deterrence for Ukraine by Gabriel Collins (Dec. 24, 2021)
• Energy relations a sign of Russia's declining global standing by Anna Mikulska (June 14, 2021) 
• Cooperation, Competition and Compartmentalization: Russian-Turkish Relations and Their Implications for the West by Anna Mikulska (April 8, 2021) 
• Gas Geoeconomics: A Strategy to Harden European Partners Against Russian Energy Coercion by Gabriel Collins and Anna Mikulska (Feb. 12, 2021)

2020

• Geoeconomics vs. Russian gas coercion by Gabriel Collins and Anna Mikulska (Sept. 9, 2020)
• Molecule Indifferent Gas Geoeconomics, Not Energy Sanctions, Are The Best Option to Harden Europe Against Russian Gas Coercion by Gabriel Collins and Anna Mikulska (Oct. 1, 2020)
• Gazprom and Russian Natural Gas Policy in the First Two Decades of the 21st Century by Anna Mikulska (July 2, 2020) 
• The Future of Russian Gas: A Tale of Two Cities by Anna Mikulska (June 29, 2020) 
• Shock Finding: China is the World's Biggest Energy Producer by Mark Finley (June 19, 2020) 
• New U.S. Sanctions for Nord Stream 2? What's at Stake by Anna Mikulska (June 6, 2020)
• Support an oil and gas industry in trouble by believing in competition by Mark Finley (April 2, 2020) 
• How Increased U.S. Shale Oil Production Led to the Breakdown in Russia-Saudi Relations by Jim Krane (March 24, 2020) 
• U.S. Shale Goes Viral by Michelle Michot Foss (March 19, 2020)   

2019

• Nord Stream 2: Energy Security For Europe? by Anna Mikulska (Sept. 3, 2019)
• Satellite-based radar assesses China's management of crude pipelines by Gabriel Collins (Sept. 2, 2019)
• Nord Stream 2 Sanctions A Miss? by Anna Mikulska (Aug. 15, 2019)
• Yamal LNG: Success Has Many Fathers, Indeed by Anna Mikulska (March 25, 2019)
• EU energy proposal could disrupt Russian pipeline construction by Anna Mikulska (Feb. 27, 2019)
• Why Poland Could Choose LNG by Anna Mikulska (Jan. 2, 2019) 

2018

• Russia benefits as U.S. influence on global oil prices wanes by Anna Mikulska (Nov. 16, 2018)
• Trump's Sanctions On Iran Just Handed A Big Victory To Russia by Peter Volkmar (Oct. 30, 2018)
• How a Deepening Natural Gas Market Affects Europe by Anna Mikulska (Sept. 27, 2018)
• Here's How America Can Counter Russia's Nord Stream-2 Gas Pipeline by Gabriel Collins and Anna Mikulska (Aug. 2, 2018) 
• Putin's proposed oil alliance is a pipe dream by Anna Mikulska (July 19, 2018)
• Russia a "competitor" for the U.S. in natural gas exports? by Anna Mikulska (July 13, 2018) 
• Delivery of Russian LNG Heats Up Discussion About U.S. Energy Dominance & Sanctions by Anna Mikulska (Feb. 6, 2018)

2017

• LNG Versus Russian Gas In Central And Eastern Europe by Anna Mikulska and Nathalie Hinchey (Aug. 24, 2017)
• Russia's Use of the "Energy Weapon" in Europe by Gabriel Collins (July 18, 2017) 
• The Changing Geopolitics of Natural Gas in the Black Sea Region by Anna Mikulska (May 17, 2017) 
• Washington Tips the Balance by Jim Krane (March 24, 2017)  

2016

• Don't Expect Russia to Cut Oil Production Voluntarily by Gabriel Collins (Oct. 19, 2016)  

2015

• Oil Price, Exchange Rates and the Convoluted Impact of Sanctions on Russia by Mark Agerton (April 28, 2015)

2014

• Energy in the Western Hemisphere 
• Impact of Russia-China Gas Deal 
• A 'Credible Threat' Approach to Long Run Deterrence of Russian-European Hegemony 
• The Geopolitics of Russian Natural Gas 
• The Russian Gas Sector: A Political Risk Case Study  

2013

• Turkmenistan: Real Energy Giant or Eternal Potential? 
• Geopolitics of Natural Gas 

2012

• Global Energy 

2009

• Baker Institute Policy Report 39: Russia and the Caspian States in the Global Energy Balance 
• Energy Study Working Papers - Russia and the Caspian States in the Global Energy Balance  
• The History and Politics of Russia's Relations With OPEC 
• Scenarios for Russian Natural Gas Exports: The Role of Domestic Investment, the Caspian and LNG 
• Russia, Central Asia, and the Caspian: How Important is the Energy and Security Trade-off? 
• Emerging U.S. Policy Toward Russia 
• The Medvedev Presidency: Russia's Direction and the Implications for Foreign Policy 
• Russia's Regions and Energy Policy in East Siberia 
• The Future of the Russian Oil Industry 

2008

• The Future of Russian Natural Gas Exports

2006

• Russia: Back to the Future? Testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 

2005

• The Strategic Importance of Natural Gas in Russia: Will Its Potential Be Realized? 

2004

• Russian Natural Gas Supply: Some Implications for Japan
• The Energy Dimension in Russian Global Strategy
• Four Way Street? Saudi Arabia's Behavior Among the Superpowers, 1996-1999
• From Rigs to Riches: Oilmen vs. Financiers in the Russian Oil Sector 
• Geopolitics of Russian Supply and U.S. Foreign Policy 
• It's Gogol, Again 
• Reorganization of Russian Petroleum Industry and its Effect on Business Strategy
• Russia and Regional Energy Links in Northeast Asia
• Russian Energy Policy in East Siberia and the Far East  
• Russian Oil Futures
• Russian Pipeline Strategies: Business versus Politics 
• Russia's Caspian Energy Policy and its Impact on the U.S.-Russian Relationship 
• Russia's Energy Policies for Asia  
• The Asian Premium and Oil and Gas Supply from Russia 
• The Future of Saudi Price Discrimination: The Effect of Russian Production
• Vladimir Putin and The Geopolitics of Oil 
• Presentation: Russian Oil Futures 
• Presentation: From Rigs to Riches: Oilmen vs. Financiers in the Russian Oil Sector
• Presentation: Russian Natural Gas Supply: Some Implications for Japan 
• Presentation: The Future of Saudi Price Discrimination: The Effect of Russian Production 
• Re-Evaluating U.S. Strategic Priorities in the Caspian Region: Balancing Energy Resource Initiatives with Terrorism Containment
• International Gas Trade in Central Asia: Turkmenistan, Iran, Russia and Afghanistan 
• The Belarus Connection: Exporting Russian Gas to Germany and Poland 
• Exports from Turkmenistan to Russia and Europe 
• Gas by Pipeline from Russia to Europe 

2003

• Baker Institute Policy Report 23: U.S.-Russia Energy Summit Executive Seminar: The Strategic and Geopolitical Implications of Russian Energy Supply, Security and Pricing  
• The Strategic and Geopolitical Implications of Russian Energy Supply 
• Baker Institute Policy Report 21: U.S.-Russia Commercial Energy Summit

2002 

• Terror, Oil and Geopolitics: The Evolving U.S.-Russian-Iranian Triangle  

2000

• Japan and the Russian Far East: The Economics and Competitive Impact of Least Cost Gas Imports 
• Japan's Energy Strategy, Russian Economic Security, and Opportunities for Russian Energy Development: Major Issues and Policy Recommendations 
• Sino-Russian Gas Connections and Impacts  

1999

• China-Russia Energy Cooperation: Impetuses, Prospects, and Impacts 

1998

• Key Constraints to Caspian Energy Development: Status, Significance, and Outlook
• Petroleum Ambassadors of Russia: State versus Corporate Policy in the Caspian Region 
• Russia and Central Asia: Evolution of Mutual Perceptions, Policies, Interdependence