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Italy, Russia and the Great Reconfiguration in East–West Energy Relations
No full textItaly is the second largest market for Russian gas in the EU, and Italy–Russia energy relations stretch back to the Cold War period. By developing an original framework for the study of the politics of producer–consumer cooperation based on an international political economy approach and the analytical concept of forms of state, this article examines the origins, evolution and current features of Italy–Russia dyadic energy relations. This analysis, in turn, offers an important contribution to the study of EU–Russia relations and sheds light on the reconfiguration of East–West gas interdependence within the context of the integration and liberalisation of the EU energy sector
Beyond the regulatory state: rethinking energy security governance and politics in the European Union
Full text linkThe regulatory state model has traditionally been used to analyse the process of integrating the European energy sector, including the sensitive area of security of gas supply. This article argues that, due to recent innovations, this conceptualisation has become increasingly problematic and cannot provide an accurate picture of the current governance and politics of European energy security. This article applies the catalytic state model to the EU and contrasts it with the regulatory state approach. The catalytic state describes a peculiar pattern of governance which combines—rather than resolves—the tensions between market-centred and state-centred approaches and supranational and national views on EU energy security. This article also illustrates how this stylised form of state can be used to better frame the guiding principles, strategies and tools that are currently emerging as EU institutions address the issue of security of gas supply
Catalytic Power Europe and gas infrastructural policy in the Visegrad countries
No full textBy focusing on the natural gas sector and infrastructural policy in the Visegrad countries this article aims to reassess the EU's role in energy security governance. It argues that the EU can be conceptualised as a catalytic state rather than a regulatory state. It develops the notion of Catalytic Power Europe to highlight the specific type of power that the EU (as a catalytic state) can deploy to achieve its objectives. Catalytic Power Europe differs from existing conceptions of Regulatory and Market Power Europe. It relies on nodality and treasury rather than authority and on mechanism of connectivity and mobilisation rather than enforcement. It highlights the role of the European Commission as a facilitator and coalition builder rather than a regulator and market builder as in the regulatory state perspective. This role is illustrated by analysing the major gas interconnector projects and liquefied natural gas importing terminal that are under development in the V4 and that can affect their energy security. Catalytic Power Europe influences the V4 inter-group dynamics reducing the scope for uncoordinated and unilateral strategies. In this way, it also affects the prospect of EU-Russia energy relations undermining Moscow's divide et impera strategies in the region
Francesco PRONTERA (a cura di), Tabula Peutingeriana. Le antiche vie del mondo.
No full textRaepsaet-Charlier Marie-Thérèse. Francesco PRONTERA (a cura di), Tabula Peutingeriana. Le antiche vie del mondo. . In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 75, 2006. pp. 481-482
Francesco PRONTERA (a cura di), Tabula Peutingeriana. Le antiche vie del mondo.
No full textRaepsaet-Charlier Marie-Thérèse. Francesco PRONTERA (a cura di), Tabula Peutingeriana. Le antiche vie del mondo. . In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 75, 2006. pp. 481-482
Adult idiopathic occlusion of Monro foramina: Intraoperative endoscopic reinterpretation of radiological data and review of the literature
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Indocyanine green videoangiography: The thin border between a useful tool and an illusion of safety
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Catalytic Power Europe: Blended Finance in European External Action
Full text linkThe global influence of the European Union (EU) has been debated in overlapping strands of literature as 'normative', 'regulatory' and 'market power'. They identify the diffusion of its rules and standards as a vehicle of European power. We argue that European power extends beyond its regulatory capacities and includes new 'catalytic' capacities in the realm of financing and network building. We analyse blended finance as an instrument of 'catalytic power', defined as the mobilisation of partners and their resources to pursue external objectives. The analysis reveals that financial leverage, the original motivation behind the tool's creation, has declined in importance. Instead, blended finance is designed to facilitate and structure cooperation with other European and multilateral financial institutions, positioning the European Commission as a central node in international cooperation and increasing its influence in this sphere. The article closes with a discussion of blended finance as a tool of catalytic power and related trade-offs
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