Winter is coming: Russian gas, Italy and the post-war European politics of energy security

By focussing on the Italian case and on transformations in state-market relations in the natural gas sector, this article examines the post-war European politics of energy security. It argues that rather than fostering EU-level path-breaking measures, the war has brought back the 'partner state...

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Published in:West European politics 2024-02, Vol.47 (2), p.382-407
Main Author: Prontera, Andrea
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Cold War
Consumers
Cooperation
East and West
Energy
Energy security
EU energy and climate policy
gas supply
Interdependence
Italy
Military intervention
Natural gas
Populism
Right wing politics
Russia
Security
State intervention
Structuration
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Cooperation
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Energy
Energy security
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Interdependence
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Military intervention
Natural gas
Populism
Right wing politics
Russia
Security
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Structuration
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