Energy as a tool of statecraft – what have we learned after the war in Ukraine? 

Abstract

The notion that energy can be ‘weaponized’ and used by exporting states to pressure their trade partners, is both intuitive and widespread, particularly in the media. However, attempts at clarifying and defining what an ‘energy weapon’ is and theorizing its implications have been less numerous and there is some visible skepticism among scholars towards the actual usability of energy as a weapon in world politics (van de Graaf and Colgan 2017). This panel seeks to revisit the idea of an ‘energy weapon’ considering the turbulence caused by the war in Ukraine. This recent geopolitical shock offers a prime opportunity for analyzing the role of energy resources as a means of statecraft.

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