Bluntly put, Europe’s oil comes from the Gulf and gas comes from Russia. In order to secure its energy supply Europe maintains best relations with Moscow, irrespective of what the Russians do in Chechnya, and American soldiers look after the Gulf.
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Linkohr, R. (2009). Energy Security: Economic, Environmental, and Societal Opportunity for the North – Potential of Renewables to Avoid Conflicts?. In: Brauch, H.G., et al. Facing Global Environmental Change. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68488-6_32
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