The Eastern Partnership and the EU-Turkey Energy Relations

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dc.authoridDemiryol, Tolga/0000-0002-0410-3563
dc.contributor.authorDemiryol, Tolga
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-06T17:58:20Z
dc.date.available2025-02-06T17:58:20Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentAltınbaş Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the prospects and challenges of energy cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Turkey within the context of the Eastern Partnership (EaP). Part of the EaP agenda is to advance energy cooperation between the EU and the partner states, particularly regarding the diversification of import routes. As an energy corridor between the EU and the hydrocarbon-rich Caspian states, Turkey is a strategic asset for European energy security. Turkey also has economic ties and political capital in the Caspian region that can help the EU reach out to its eastern partners. Despite robust incentives for cooperation, however, the EU-Turkey energy partnership has so far failed to meet mutual expectations. This article argues that this is primarily due to the inability of the two actors to credibly commit to regional energy cooperation. Commitment problem stems from two factors. First, the predominance of national energy interests over communal ones undermines credible commitment. The variation in energy needs of Member States prevents the EU from acting in unison in external energy policy. Similarly, Turkey also prioritizes its own energy security, particularly in its relations with suppliers, which undermines cooperation with the EU. Second, the EU and Turkey hold divergent perspectives on the potential political payoffs of energy cooperation. Turkish decision makers are convinced that energy cooperation warrants palpable progress in Turkey's accession while most EU actors appear hesitant to establish a direct connection between energy and accession.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2478/bjes-2014-0015
dc.identifier.endpage68en_US
dc.identifier.issn2228-0588
dc.identifier.issn2228-0596
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage50en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2014-0015
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12939/5182
dc.identifier.volume4en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000217267500005
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.institutionauthorDemiryol, Tolga
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDe Gruyter Poland Sp Zooen_US
dc.relation.ispartofBaltic Journal of European Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250206
dc.subjectEastern Partnershipen_US
dc.subjectenergy securityen_US
dc.subjectthe European Unionen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleThe Eastern Partnership and the EU-Turkey Energy Relationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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