Η Ελλάδα και η Τουρκία στον κόσμο των ενεργειακών και μεταφορικών δικτύων στα Βαλκάνια

Abstract

The involvement of Greece and Turkey in energy issues is chiefly connected with the construction plans for the Burgas-Alexandroupoli oil pipeline and the
natural gas pipelines to the Balkans, one of the two poles in the Greek-Turkish
confrontation Greece, has been linked to one of the main protagonists in the
developments, Russia. This has automatically placed the other pole, Turkey, on
the opposing side. So the rivalry between Greece and Turkey is indirectly being
fuelled by Russia’s and Turkey’s different approach to energy policy issues.
As for the game being played over the major arterial roads in the Balkans, it
has become more interesting owing to the involvement of non-Balkan
countries, as also of large banking and construction organisations and
associations. Regardless of whether or to what extent the foreign intervention is
essential or simply for show, this has sharpened the rivalry between the Balkan
countries concerned, because (through the local press in particular) new arenas
of conflict are being created in the wider region of South-Eastern Europe.