DIIS Event

Caught in gas pipeline (geo)politics?

Name: Caught in gas pipeline (geo)politics?
Location: Caught in gas pipeline (geo)politics?

When do energy projects transform from everyday technical matters to security issues? Is energy increasingly becoming a matter of international security dynamics? Join this panel discussion with experts with a specific view to the two gas pipeline projects currently under construction in the Baltic Sea.

Pipes for the construction of the Nord Stream 2

Illustration © Stefan Sauer, DPA, Ritzau/Scanpix

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Few would argue that gas politics is free of national interests. And with the green transition on its way gas has been hailed a transition form of energy as we move towards a fossil free world. But when do energy projects transform from everyday technical matters to security issues? Is energy increasingly becoming a matter of international security dynamics? And are we witnessing a return to Cold War patterns of conflict in the Baltic Sea Region?

In this webinar a panel discusses these issues with a specific view to the two gas pipeline projects currently under construction in the Baltic Sea - the Nord Stream 2 and the Baltic Pipe.

Speakers
Martin Næsby, Managing Director, Oil and Gas Denmark
Izabela Surwillo, Postdoc, DIIS
Trine Villumsen Berling, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Mikkel Runge Olesen, Senior Researcher, DIIS

Programme
Introduction: Baltic Sea Region gas dynamics in a changing security environment, Mikkel Runge Olesen

Pipeline politics: National interests, sound economics and the green transition, Martin Næsby

Energy and geopolitics: Polish considerations, Izabela Surwillo

Technification and securitization: The political processes of Nord Stream 2 vs. Baltic Pipe in Denmark, Trine Villumsen Berling