The future of European Union and Russian energy politics: Cooperation or competition?

In this study it was aimed to reveal critical analysis the energy relations between the EU and Russia, by examining energy interests and dynamics supporting oil and gas relations between the EU and Russia based on the literature of two theories namely neorealism and neoliberalism in order to demonstrate that future of EU- Russia energy politics is tend to be cooperative. After providing the theoretical framework of this thesis by introducing the theories of neorealism and neoliberalism, identifying internal and external energy policies of the EU and Russia and their relations with the energy transit states, examining energy relations between the EU and Russia based on oil and gas relations, energy security concerns, legal documents aiming to strengthen their energy relations and recent developments, this study aimed to explore cooperative side in the energy relations between the EU and Russia instead of the competitive side in the future due to the high level of interdependency in energy issue between both parties.