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Kolodziej, Ed Cooper, David Stegeman, Elizabeth 2015-01-21T19:56:12Z 2015-01-21T19:56:12Z 2017-01-22T10:15:35Z 2014-12 2015-01-21 2014-12 Abstract Russian hydrocarbon resources are a major source of energy for the European Union, natural gas in particular. Controlling energy flow gives Russia powerful leverage and Russia continues to use this to its geo-political advantage. Although the Russian economy is heavily dependent on revenue from EU consumers, this has not prevented energy monopolies from becoming involved in diplomacy. Since President Vladimir Putin ascended to power in 2000, Russia’s energy giants have been used by the State to play a more aggressive role in influencing politics in neighboring countries. Since Poland joined the European Union in 2004, it has been vocal and influential on energy policy. Despite Poland’s contributions, a unified response to threats to European energy security is still lacking. On the contrary, Russia’s use of energy giants like Gazprom has been much more successful and in providing President Putin with a strategic advantage. This advantage has not only manifested itself in successful energy monopolies abroad, but also in Putin’s reshaping of Russian nationalism. Item withdrawn by Laura Spradlin (lspradl2@illinois.edu) on 2014-12-12T16:30:46Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Stegeman_Elizabeth.pdf: 54092 bytes, checksum: 4167898a26ad01b8bd6871938e546ded (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2015-01-21T19:56:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elizabeth_Stegeman.pdf: 520302 bytes, checksum: cff405c4377ed3d37f59597231e56038 (MD5) Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 73217 Lift date: 2017-01-21T19:56:18Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 73217 on 2017-01-22T10:15:35Z. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/73028 en Copyright 2014 Elizabeth Stegeman Energy Security Russia Energy Politics Eastern Europe European Union (EU) Energy Policy Selective solidarity: Russia's divide and conquer strategy and the impact on EU energy security text Russian,E European,Eurasn Ctr 1553 Russian, E Eur, Eurasian St 4097 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.A. MA:Rus,E Eur, & Eursn St -UIUC 10KS4097MA