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Energy challenges in the Middle East and North Africa

10/11/2008 By Edward Burke, Ana Echagüe, Richard Youngs

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In 2020 the European Union will be more dependent on oil and gas from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and will also face tougher international competition for access to the region’s supplies.

Within the MENA region, a rapidly increasing population, authoritarian forms of governance and an enhanced risk of further conflict in the region provide a complex set of challenges for its emerging relationship with the EU.

This paper demonstrates the inextricable links between the energy trade and the future governance of the MENA region and outlines some of the related challenges to EU policies.

(Published by EDC 2020)

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Keywords

Conflict Energy Security Energy Supply Middle East North Africa

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