Policy Brief

Energy Transport in the South Caucasus

The geopolitical environment of the Southern Gas Corridor

Dr. Stefan Meister

The Southern Gas Corridor was conceived to help diversify the EU’s access to natural gas, reducing dependence on Russian supply and tapping other resources in the Caspian region and Middle East. While the potential is enormous, only Azerbaijan is currently contributing. For years, the EU has favored the Nabucco project, but participating firms have in fact chosen the smaller Trans Adriatic Pipeline – a choice that reveals the limits of political influence on complex and expensive investments.

Web links
International conference on the topic at DGAP January 30, 2014
2010: Stefan Meister urging that Germany recalibrate its South Caucasus policy

Bibliographic data

Meister, Stefan. “Energy Transport in the South Caucasus.”

DGAPkompakt 2, January 31, 2014, 5 pp.

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The Southern Gas Corridor transporting Caspian natural gas to Europe is beginning to take shape. Final investment decisions were made by the operating consortium in 2013. But in what geopolitical context does the project find itself? What is Azerbaijan hoping for as natural gas provider to European customers? And what role does the EU play in developing the gas corridor? These and other questions were the focus of an international conference at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).

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