ABSTRACT
The conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explores three important and puzzling bilateral cases of energy cooperation of U.S-Russia, U.S-Azerbaijan and Russia-Germany that vary in their geographic proximity, population and territory size, and power status, as well as their regime types. These cases represent major players in global energy security with major emphasis on the United States and Russia. The United States strongly supports the Bakua Tbilisia Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline that delivers oil from Azerbaijan to Turkey via Georgia. Nord Stream helps to strengthen Germany's position as a European energy hub and natural gas distributor, providing Germany with direct access to Russia's oil and gas. Relevant theories of international relations realism, liberalism, and domestic interest groups are applied to explain interactions in the energy security area. The book provides brief summaries of the cases and the Ukraine conflict, as well as long-term and short-term policy recommendations.
