Georgia: Russian Foreign Energy Policy and Implications for Georgia's Energy Security [Paperback]

Liana Jervalidze (Editor), Kevin Rosner (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1905050356 | ISBN-13: 978-1905050352

This report shows that as Georgia has restructured its energy sector, the new Russian and Georgian political elites exerted their influence, particularly through the participation of Russian gas company Itera in privatizations of Georgian gas enterprises. And how, over the past few years, Russian-Georgian business groups with their offshore capital have been working to monopolise the Georgian economy and Russia's gas industry has been consolidating its hold over the CIS pipeline infrastructure, particularly through the expansion of Gazprom. However, Gazprom failed to take control of Georgia's pipeline infrastructure and Georgia is insistent on developing its pipeline potential in order to boost its role as a transit route to Europe, Turkey and Iran. Part of the Russian Foreign Energy Policy Report series.

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About the Author

Liana Jervalidze is a researcher and analyst on the Caspian area energy policy and regional studies. She has worked with several government and research institutions working on regional energy policy and development. She has also advised private sector companies in Azerbaijan and Georgia. Her work has mainly focused on the development of east-west energy corridor and Georgia's potential role in regional integration. Since 2003, Ms Jervalidze has been working on the development of Georgia's gas market, the existing challenges in the gas supply/distribution chain and implications of the emergence of the Russian gas giant Gazprom in Georgia's energy market. She has spoken on regional energy policy at international conferences in the CIS, Europe and the US. Her analyses have been published in both Georgian and English.

Kevin Rosner, PhD is a specialist in Russian oil and gas, security of critDr. Kevin Rosner, PhD is a specialist in Russian oil and gas, security of critical energy infrastructure, and international energy security policy. He served as the 2006 Co-Director of the NATO Forum on Energy Security. He is a Senior Fellow, both at the UK Defence Academy and at the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) in Washington DC. Posts held include Senior Security Advisor to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline company, Project Director with the Programme on Cooperation with the Russian Federation at the OECD, and Project Manager with the UNESCO Science Division in Paris. Dr. Rosner is the founder of Therosnergroup(R), serving leading members of the global oil and gas community with energy and security analytical products.cal energy infrastructure, and international energy-security policy. He is an external expert to NATO and presently serves as the Director, NATO Forum on Energy Security. He is a Senior Fellow both at the UK Defence Academy and at the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) in Washington, DC. Posts held include Senior Security Advisor to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline company, Project Director with the Program on Cooperation with the Russian Federation at the OECD, and Project Manager with the UNESCO Science Division in Paris. Dr. Rosner is the founder of The Rosner Group serving leading members of the global oil and gas community with energy and security analytical products.

Product Details

• Paperback: 45 pages
• Publisher: GMB Publishing (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905050356
• ISBN-13: 978-1905050352
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,362,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)