University of Helsinki

Organized by the Energy Group in 2010:

Fuelling the Future? Assessing Russia’s Role in Global Energy Trade

For the past several years, Russia's role as a significant provider of energy for EU consumers has been under the microscope. Owing to the increasing media attention and academic scrutiny of Russia's energy sector, the Aleksanteri Institute's 2010 Conference will focus on the nature of Russia's role in the Eurasian Energy sector.

Far beyond solely providing the EU with natural gas and oil, Russia's Energy Strategy to 2030 outlines significant development of its eastern resources to fulfill Asia's anticipated demand as well as Russia's own domestic consumers. Russia's eastern trajectory adds another dimension to the debate surrounding the country's central role as an energy provider not just for the EU but conceivably for a great number of consumers on the Eurasian landmass.

Therefore the conference, to be held from the 27th to the 29th of October 2010, will focus on the structure of Russia's domestic energy sector along with its potential influence over EU and Northeast Asian energy policies.

Conference website and Call for Papers will be opened in January 2010.

Seminar on Energy 26th March 2009

The Neru network and the Eurasian Energy Group hosted by the Aleksanteri Institute organized a seminar on energy on Thursday, 26 March 2009, at 9.00–13.00 at the Aleksanteri Institute, 3rd floor. The seminar drew over 80 attendees from the diplomatic community, business, academia and Finnish ministries.

Energy Transit to Europe – Crisis and Responses

9.00–10.30 Crisis-panel, chair David Dusseault

• “Good Friend, Bad Friend? Belarus, Ukraine and Russian Energy Transit”
  Margarita Balmaceda, Visiting Fellow, Aleksanteri Insitute

• “Georgia–Russia Conflict and Energy Transit”
  Mikko Palonkorpi, Researcher, Aleksanteri Institute

• “Transit Countries' Strategies: A Polish Perspective” (pdf)
  Jakub Godzimirski, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

10.30.–11.00. Coffee

Margarita Balmaceda	Jakub Godzimirski	Mikko Palonkorpi

 

11.00–12.30 Responses-panel, chair Margarita Balmaceda

• “The Baltic PSSA – Regime Formation and Regime Legitimacy” (pdf)
  Johnny Rodin, Senior Lecturer, Södertörn University College

• “The new realities of Russian energy supplies to Europe”
  Peeter Vahtra, Research Fellow, Pan European Institute

• "EU-Russian Energy Dialogue: between Business and Politics?" (pdf)
  Tatiana Romanova, Associate Professor, St. Petersburg University

• “Plus Ça Change: Energy Transit to Europe” (pdf)
  David Dusseault, Researcher, Aleksanteri Insitute

Discussion

Printable programme and Invitation (pdf)