The Price Of Dependence on Russian Natural Gas

Writing in the Weekly Standard, Daniel Twining, a fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States, has a warning for countries that become dependent on Russia for supplies of natural gas:

A closer look at the way Russia has wielded energy supplies to support its allies and bludgeon its rivals in Eurasia suggests that major economies increasingly dependent on Russian gas and oil exports--including great powers in Europe and Asia, and even the United States--are rendering themselves vulnerable to the ambitions of an autocratic, imperial state that has not refrained from using energy as a geopolitical weapon and has been ruthless in its treatment of both internal political opponents and neighboring states.

For more, click here for an overview of the situation from Lionel Beener from the Council on Foreign Relations.

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