THE POLITICAL CONTESTATION OF NORD STREAM PROJECT: MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

This article aims to explain the influence of different dimensions political deliberation over two strings Nord Stream pipeline on European Union’s ability act as a unified actor with coherent strategy in realm global energy diplomacy. study concentrated four main cleavages project’s contestation: international, supranational, transatlantic and environmental. The analysis contestation implies basic insights. first one is absence principal unity among EU member states regarding both their economic interests interpretation key developments continent. Second, market-oriented spirit legislation complicated incorporation any broader geopolitical considerations decision-making pipeline’s future. Third, EU’s overdependence US geostrategic issues highlighted problems realization idea “geopolitical Europe” an independent international level. Fourth, policies for reaching each three broad goals (marketization, securitization decarbonization) are often contradictory between other, which was exemplified by presented case.