Foreword (ECT Special)
Article from: OGEL 5 (2004), in The Energy Charter Treaty
Introduction
The way that countries cooperate on matters of energy has always been a critical issue for the world economy and for international relations. Looking to projections of future energy supply and demand, it is clear that energy interdependence will continue to evolve and grow. This is particularly true across Eurasia, which has a clear potential to evolve as a single energy 'space', encompassing the enlarged EU, its immediate neighbours, including Russia, the countries of the Caspian region and Central Asia, Mongolia, Japan and Australia. Within this area, energy markets provide a ...