THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ENERGY POLICY, AN INSTRUMENT FOR RECONSOLIDATING THE STATUS OF HIGH POWER

Authors

  • Andi Mihail BĂNCILĂ Academia Tehnica Militara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53477/2284-9378-21-09

Abstract

The disintegration of the USSR in December 1991 marked the end of the Cold War. Many foreign policy analysts were quick to point out that Russian Federation had ceased to be a threat to the Western world. Despite facing a multitude of economic, social and military problems, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin the Russian state managed to be reborn. Russian Federation's miraculous return was made possible by the successful implementation of a policy of economic centralization that overlapped with a period of rising global oil prices. Economic prosperity encouraged the Russian Federation government to return to the old practices of the Soviet period, succeeding in unbalancing the fragile states of Eastern Europe and once again endangering the peace of the entire continent.

 

Keywords: Russian Federation; Cold War; Crimea; hydrocarbons; conflict.

 

Author Biography

Andi Mihail BĂNCILĂ, Academia Tehnica Militara

FIȘĂ PREZENTARE AUTOR Andi Mihail BĂNCILĂ, absolvent al Academiei Forțelor Terestre „Nicolae Bălcescu”, Sibiu, promoția 2002, este, în prezent, conferențiar la Academia Tehnică Militară, unde predă cursuri de relații internaționale politice și militare contemporane și geopolitică. În anul 2009, a finalizat cursurile masteratului de relații internaționale, din cadrul Facultății de Istorie a Universității București, iar în anul 2013 a obținut titlul de doctor în domeniul istorie, la Universitatea „Ovidius”, din Constanța. Pregătirea doctorală a fost finalizată prin susținerea tezei cu titlul „România în cadrul Consiliului de Ajutor Economic Reciproc de la dictat economic la emancipare 1949-1964”. Pe parcursul pregătirii doctorale, a beneficiat de un grant de pregătire doctorală la Universitatea din Paderborn, din Germania. În perioada 2013-2018, a desfășurat activități didactice la Tadeusz Kościuszko Land Forces Military Academy, University of Amsterdam, și la Vasil Levski National Military University.

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2021-07-12

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BĂNCILĂ, A. M. (2021). THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ENERGY POLICY, AN INSTRUMENT FOR RECONSOLIDATING THE STATUS OF HIGH POWER. BULLETIN OF "CAROL I" NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY, 10(2), 76–82. https://doi.org/10.53477/2284-9378-21-09

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