This Work Package identified key energy and climate drivers that are likely to lead to one of the three envisaged ideal-type scenarios identified by FEUTURE: conflict, cooperation or convergence in EU-Turkey relations. Within this WP, the EU-Turkey energy and climate relations were analyzed at three different levels: internal/bilateral, assessing how the respective energy and climate strategies, interests and priorities affect the overall relationship between the EU and Turkey; regional, with a focus on the evolution of the energy triangle Brussels-Ankara-Moscow, on the development of energy resources in the East Med region, and on the key energy dynamics in the broader Caspian and Middle Eastern quadrant; and global, by paying specific attention to the process of energy transition and its implications for EU-Turkey energy policies. The results emerged from this three-level analysis contributed to the synthesis report, which linked energy and climate drivers to the possible scenarios for EU-Turkey relations. 

Papers:

Gas Developments in the Eastern Mediterranean: Trigger or Obstacle for EU-Turkey Cooperation? by Theodorus Tsakiris, Sinan Ulgen, Ahmet K. Han (May 2018)

EU and Turkish Energy Interests in the Caspian and Middle East Region by Dlawer Ala'Aldeen, Kamaran Palani, Giorgi Babunashvili, Jackson Balisdell (February 2018)

The Moscow-Ankara Energy Axis and the Future of EU-Turkey Relations by Nona Mikhelidze, Nicolò Sartori, Oktay F. Tranrisever, Theodoros Tsakiris (September 2017) 

Energy and Climate Security Priorities and Challenges in the Changing Global Energy Order by Lorenzo Colantoni, S. Duygu Sever, Suhnaz Yilmaz (September 2017)

Energy and Climate Strategies, Interests and Priorities of the EU and Turkey by Soli Özel, Pol Morillas, Jakob Lindgaard (March 2017)

 

Further papers will follow soon.

 

Researchers involved:

Istituto Affari Internazionali	Nicolò Sartori (WP leader), Lorenzo Colantoni, Nona Mikhelidze
Caucasus Research Ressource Centre Georgia	Keti Chubinishvili
Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies	Ahmet Han
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy	Theodoros Tsakiris
Middle East Research Institute	S. Duygu Sever, Suhnaz Yilmaz
MERI	Kamaran Palani
Middle East Technical University	Dicle Korkmaz, Oktay F. Tanrisever
University of Cologne	Mirja Schroeder