Only a Region-Wide Strategy Can Solve the EU’s Pipeline Chokepoint In the Caucasus
In actively diversifying its energy and infrastructure since 2022, the EU has, in effect, pooled its operational risk into three partners in the South Caucasus, even as their political paths head in starkly different directions. What is at stake is not only regional connectivity but the structural coherence of the EU’s post-2022 energy security agenda.
Green Electrification Diplomacy: A Credibility Test for the EU
The EU’s external energy partnerships will be credible only if they create tangible benefits for partner countries, rather than new dependencies.
Towards A Coordinated Framework Out of Europe’s Gas Dependency
Europe’s grid system cannot function without gas-fired plants that are becoming commercially unviable. Having shifted from Russian pipelines to diversified LNG supply, the EU now faces a deep gas dependency — one it has built into its own grid architecture.
Europe’s Energy Lifeline: Where Does the Continent Go for Fossil Fuels?
Europe needs fossil fuels. The question then is where, and from whom, Europe will get them.
Eco-Fatigue: Why Green Messaging Is Losing Its Appeal
After years of hype, sustainability messaging is starting to wear thin. In a world of rising geopolitical tensions, soaring energy prices, growing economic uncertainty, and chronic greenwashing, eco-friendly-ness is losing its prestige.
Energy, Diplomacy, and Change: The EU-GCC Partnership in a New Geopolitical Era
After decades of unsuccessful attempts at building closer ties, the EU and the GCC are now entering a new era of partnership
