"The Profits of Power: Energy Relations Between Russia and Europe"
Rawi Abdelal, Harvard Business School
When: Thursday November 29, 4:30 p.m.
Where: MIT, Building 56, room 114
http://whereis.mit.edu/?q=56&zoom=16&lat=42.36292654541742&lng=…
Abstract:
Although the energy trade is the single most important element of nearly all European
countries' relations with Russia, Europe has been divided by both worldview and
practice. Why, in the face of the common challenge of dependence on imported Russian gas,
have national reactions to such vulnerability varied so dramatically across the continent?
And why have a handful of French, German, and Italian corporations somehow taken
responsibility for formulating the energy strategy-and thus the Russia policy-for
essentially all of Europe?
This talk is cosponsored by MIT-Russia, SkolTech Initiative, and MIT Energy (MITEI)