Recursos energéticos como ferramenta de política externa nas relações Moscou-Bruxelas(2000-2018)

Abstract

This work aims to understand how Russia used its energy resources as a foreign policy tool during the period of 2000 to 2018 in its relations with the European Union. To this end, we analyze the Russian hydrocarbon production chain, the European Union's dependence on these resources and the relationship of these actors internationally. In this way we can understand how Russia uses its energy preponderance as a political weapon and its consequences. In order to fulfill the research objective, this work will use the hypothetical-deductive method with a qualitative approach, addressing historical, diplomatic, political and economic issues of the listed period. In this research, we concluded that the increased capacities of the Russian state, obtained from the growth of hydrocarbon exports and by using energy resources as a foreign policy tool, increased Russia's relative power. These factors allowed the consolidation of a more combative foreign policy towards the EU, still limited in Russia's economic dependence on the bloc, but bringing benefits to the Kremlin and increasing Russia's relevance in the International System