Diplomatic Interactions

Diplomatic Interactions

The Impact of the 2022 Ukraine Crisis on EU Energy Policies

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
2 . PhD Student, Department of Political Science, University of Transport (MIIT), Moscow, Russia
Abstract
The energy crisis of the European Union, which started in the first place with the increase in the price of natural gas at the end of 2021 and intensified with the Russian attack on Ukraine. The present article tries to define the policies adopted by the European Union in the background of Brussels-Kremlin energy relations by combining the realism and constructivism approach in the dominant discourse of securitization of security dimensions. Thus, the upcoming article seeks to answer the question of the 2022 Ukraine crisis on the energy policies of the European Union with a qualitative method based on library-internet resources. The current article is based on the assumption that with the beginning of the crisis on February 24; In addition to expediting the implementation of proposed plans for changing the European energy system and accelerating energy transfer, the European Commission has put a new energy strategy on the agenda with the aim of becoming self-sufficient as soon as possible with respect to Russian gas resources through diversification of business partners and alternative sources. has put himself as a result, it can be acknowledged that, once again, Brussels' energy strategy has taken steps to promote security, fair and regular energy transfer resources under the umbrella of environmental issues as the unifying driver of the mentioned goals.
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