The Ukraine Challenge and Europe's Energy Needs Collide

September 10, 2014 Topic: SanctionsEnergySecurityForeign Policy Region: Ukraine

The Ukraine Challenge and Europe's Energy Needs Collide

"Although politically tempting, making energy resources part of Western crisis management was a rash decision."

Tim Boersma is a fellow at the Energy Security Initiative in the Foreign Policy program. His research focuses on energy policy coordination, energy security, gas infrastructure and regulation, resource scarcity, resource nexus issues, Arctic resources and unconventional natural gas extraction.

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