Options for delivering Iranian gas to Europe via Turkey

CCEE Policy Brief (Caspian Center for Energy and Environment) No. 5, May 2014
ADA University

Zaur Shiriyev *

As the struggle between Russia and the West in Ukraine deepens, Europe is beginning to reconsider its options vis-à-vis weakening Russia’s energy monopoly in the European market. Throughout the political negotiations with Moscow, the energy dependency has remained starkly obvious as Europe’s ‘Achilles heel’. In the context of changing international environment, Iran’s role in delivering gas to European markets introduces an interesting new dynamic, representing a potential alternative in the diversification of European energy sector.

* Zaur Shiriyev, senior research fellow at the Caspian Center for Energy and Environment (CCEE) of ADA University, is the author of the policy brief.

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