The Urengoi Pipeline: Prospects for Soviet Leverage,
Abstract
This report was prepared as a companion study to 'Beyond the Pipeline: Soviet-West European Energy Trade Its Implications for European Security in the Next Decade,' by Thane Gustafson and Richard Nehring (forthcoming). The report addresses the question of how the Urengoi natural-gas pipeline linking the Soviet Union and Western Europe could be used as an instrument of political leverage. It does not consider the technical aspects of energy supply in Europe, which are covered in detail in 'Beyond the Pipeline.' Instead, it concentrates on the reasons why the Soviet Union might use the pipeline to exert leverage and the economic, political, and psychological factors in Europe that would determine whether efforts to exert leverage would be successful.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA154261
Entities
People
- J. Van Oudenaren
Organizations
- RAND Corporation