🇺🇦 Surviving Putin's Energy War

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🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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As winter approaches, will Russia turn off the gas taps on Europe? How is the EU doing when it comes to cutting out Putin's energy supply? And is Britain failing to take advantage of their position in the European energy market? Lecturer in European studies at King's College London Dr Alex Clarkson comes back on the show to tell Arthur Snell how Europe can survive Putin's energy war. We're putting out irregular war bulletins covering different aspects of the Ukraine crisis. You can support our work on the crowdfunding app Patreon: doomsdaywatch.co.uk Resources to help the Ukrainian people can be found here: https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/ “I worry about the UK because there isn’t a sense of urgency on how to deal with the energy crisis.” “The EU are slow when it comes decision making, but when their system is under threat they move quickly.” “Algeria is a hugely important state for the European system, but EU engagement has not been adequate.” “Putin has cards to play until spring 2023, then he’s out.” “If Germany runs into trouble over gas supplies, that affects everyone in Europe.” “If the UK Government acknowledged they had problems coming up they could tackle them.” DOOMSDAY WATCH was written and presented by Arthur Snell, and produced by Robin Leeburn with Jacob Archbold. Theme tune and original music by Paul Hartnoll. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. DOOMSDAY WATCH is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Arthur Snell, a major war is taking place on the European continent with Russia's
0:07.3	invasion of Ukraine bringing you a series of special episodes to help you understand
0:12.3	the crisis as it unfolds. This is Doomsday Watch.
0:21.7	Welcome back to Doomsday Watch. We hope you're finding these war-bullet ins valuable. A
0:26.7	quick reminder that you can support our work on the crowdfunding app Patreon from as
0:31.2	little as £3 per month. Just search Patreon Doomsday Watch or follow the link in the show
0:37.1	notes.
0:46.4	Hello and welcome back to Doomsday Watch. Regular listeners will be familiar with Dr. Alexander
0:51.6	Clarkson, who's an academic at King's College London, and a specialist on the geopolitics
0:57.7	of Europe's borders. And that, of course, brings us directly to Ukraine. Alex, it's great
1:02.7	to have you back.
1:03.9	Hi, let's just talk to you. Alex, there's so many things we could talk about. But right
1:08.1	now, I think it's time to revisit the question of Europe's dependence on Russian energy. So
1:14.1	back in February, we had these big moments when European countries, especially but not
1:19.3	uniquely Germany, countries that had become very dependent on Russia for their energy,
1:24.3	Russia's gas in particular, were able to announce these world-changing policies, the so-called
1:29.4	site and vendor that Chancellor Schultz mentioned, and that they're explaining that they would
1:34.1	wean themselves off Russia and oil and gas. But now we're in July and things are looking
1:39.3	a bit trickier. It's not clear that they're going to manage that, and it's also not clear
1:43.5	that Europe is united in its approach to this very challenging issue.
1:48.1	So here we are. What do you think the situation is right now?
1:52.5	Well, I think what we've seen now is we're in the middle of the period where policy implementation.
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