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Tesi etd-10112021-171531


Tipo di tesi
Tesi di dottorato di ricerca
Autore
SASSI, FRANCESCO
URN
etd-10112021-171531
Titolo
The Sino-Russian Gas Security Society: Power, Institutions and Change in the Emerging Natural Gas Interdependence
Settore scientifico disciplinare
SPS/14
Corso di studi
SCIENZE POLITICHE
Relatori
tutor Prof.ssa Dundovich, Elena
correlatore Prof. Fiori, Antonio
Parole chiave
  • Natural Gas
  • Energy Security
  • Russia
  • China
  • LNG
  • Institution
  • Market
  • Energy
  • Structural Power
Data inizio appello
15/10/2021
Consultabilità
Completa
Riassunto
The doctoral dissertation develops a theoretical framework mixing IR theory, IPE theory of structures in global economy, and energy security literature in order to analytically discern the degree of integration of the emerging Sino-Russian gas interdependence. My research aims at investigating the strategic significance of the energy cooperation for the bilateral relations and how power dynamics are exercised among state and market actors, amid also the growing operationalisation of the global energy transition and international climate change policies. At the same time, by digging into the so-called deep institutional structure of both countries’ energy sectors, the dissertation analyses the vested interests of the different energy actors which define Beijing and Moscow energy policies and strategies, including their energy companies, while facing domestic and external challenges (i.e. technology, economy, institutional and regulatory, geopolitics). Furthermore, my dissertation delves with how both China and Russia have been using energy, in particular natural gas, as a multifaceted instrument in their foreign policy, both to foster cooperation and competition in the respective spheres of influence.