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Russia's growing influence as a major energyexporter has moved the nation'senergy policy to the forefront of internationalattention. This book focuses on Russia's policytoward foreign direct investment in the energysector, aiming to find explanations for thefollowing puzzle: why, in the presence of anobjective need for FDI in the sector, Russia'spolicy toward such investment has featured apparentinconsistencies and repeated reversals of positions?Looking beyond the usual simplified claimof "economic nationalism," the work tries to delivera more nuanced analysis. The author explores thevaried interests of domestic actors andstakeholders, highlights the connection between theopaque character of the policy and the difficultprogress of the liberal reforms initiated in 2000,and examines the impact of Soviet legacies onRussia's adaptation to global challenges, asmanifest in its stance on FDI. This bookwill be useful to policy analysts and politicalscientists interested in the complex nature ofinternal energy policy-making in Russia - a topicthat has so far received little attention in theWestern media.
About the author
Yana Zabanova holds a Master's degree in International Relations
and European Studies from Central European University and has
conducted research at the German Institute for
Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin. Her fields of interest
include the Russian energy policy and reform processes in
the oil, gas, and electricity sectors.
