Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/108608 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 1224
Publisher: 
Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF), Istanbul
Abstract: 
We use cooperative game theory to analyze the impact of three controversial pipeline projects on the power structure in the Eurasian trade of natural gas. Two of them, Nord Stream and South Stream, allow Russian gas to bypass transit countries, Ukraine and Belarus. Nord Stream's strategic value turns out to be huge, justifying the high investment cost for Germany and Russia. The additional leverage obtained through South Stream, in contrast, appears small. The third project, Nabucco, aims at diversifying Europe's gas imports by accessing producers in Middle East and Central Asia. It curtails Russia's power, but the benefits accrue mainly to Turkey, while the gains for the EU are negligible.
Subjects: 
Bargaining Power
Network
Trade links
Natural Gas
JEL: 
L5
L9
O22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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