The King's Russia Institute is pleased to invite you to a discussion of:

Extricating from the Sanctions Tangle: Europe-Eurasian Gas Networks and Off-ramps to De-escalation
with
Adam Stulberg Co-Director, Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech

Dr Stulberg critically examines the future of energy sanctions and statecraft in transatlantic relations with Russia. Popular debate over successive rounds of U.S./EU energy sanctions on Russia centers on the objectives, efficacy, and reaction by Moscow and European allies, as well as the domestic political impact. But what will constitute success? How can Washington extract from the projected escalation of tensions with Russia, while maintaining strategic focus and minimizing collateral damage of energy statecraft? The first part of the presentation assesses empirical puzzles and alternative metrics associated with the effectiveness of transatlantic sanctions on Moscow against the reality of deepening commercial energy/gas ties with Russia since 2014. This is followed by explication of the evolving Europe-Eurasian gas network via network and visual analytics, with critical analysis of the prominence of Gazprom in strategic corporate alliances surrounding pipeline, storage, and LNG ecosystems in the northern and southern gas corridors. The final section teases out strategic implications for leveraging the social capital of Western gas firms and coordinating U.S./EU gas statecraft, as well as identifies potential off-ramps to escalation and future directions for re-grounding transatlantic energy ties with Russia.