Politics of Energy Dependency: Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania between Domestic Oligarchs and Russian Pressure

“The definitive account of Russia’s energy trade with its western neighbours ... Summing Up: Essential.” P.Rutland, Choice Magazine, vol 51:10:2014

‘This study is a strong balance of theoretical framing and empirical richness… This book has new information and valuable insights in it for a wide range of readers.’ William M. Reisinger, Slavic Review vol 73:03:2014

‘The Politics of Energy Dependency is a ground breaking empirical study. It raises crucial questions that anyone interested in energy studies of ex-soviet countries and Russia ought to consider.’ Keneshbek Abdirakhmanov, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies vol 27:03:2014

‘Balmaceda’s book is the most informative monograph available on all the various aspects of “the energy sector” in Ukraine, as well as in Belarus and Lithuania…. The book surely deserves a wider reading than those attracted by its main title.’ Hans Oversloot, East European Politics vol 30:02:2014

“A tour de force analysis ... rich in data and clear in exposition, with more than sufficient detail to educate specialists and to interest generalists concerned with European and world affairs.” Walter C. Clemens, Jr., Journal of Baltic Studies

‘Outstanding volume… This book is invaluable as a successful example of how to unpack the black box of the highly sensitive issue of energy dependency.’

Samuele Dominioni, Europe-Asia Studies vol 67:03:2015

"The Politics of Energy Dependency gives a well-argued account of how public policy in the former Soviet space, and energy policy more specifically, can be improved to benefit the population in the long term."

Dr. Clifford J. Cunningham, University of Southern Queensland, JAHH

“A major contribution to research on the issue of energy trade in post-Soviet space, The Politics of Energy Dependency provides a very logical analysis of some very complicated, non-transparent phenomena. It is a work of very high quality scholarship that offers a vast amount of new information, lucid, detailed explanations, and compelling arguments.”

Oleh Havrylyshyn, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

“This book is probably the most important contribution to the study of energy, politics, and international political economy in the postsocialist world in recent years. Using a comparative framework – never done in the field at this level of detail – Margarita M. Balmaceda presents a convincing argument drawn from international political economy and resource rent approaches. A serious advance in state-of-the-art research, it is an impressively developed and well-presented contribution that will set the standard in the field.”

Ulrich Best, Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, York University