Eastern Mediterranean Energy Geopolitics Revisited: Green Economy Instead of Conflict

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Financial stability influence on climate risk, GHG emission, and green economic recovery of China

“…To promote a green economic recovery, governments can take several policy steps, such as giving green investments top priority, setting up green finance mechanisms, and putting policy frameworks that encourage green investments in place (Dey 2023). A green economic recovery is not only needed to deal with the urgent problem of climate change, but it is also a chance to build a more sustainable and resilient future (Stergiou 2023).…”

Determinants of Russian Foreign Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

“…Notably Russia, after an interruption caused by the disintegration of the Soviet Union, is returning as a stable and significant presence in this region. (16) Although, some observers stated that, the Mediterranean does not constitute for Russia a more or less coherent region but Russia pursues different policies towards the countries of the region on the ground of developing relations with at least four types of actors: North Africa and the Middle East, the southern EU members, countries involved in the challenges the Kremlin faces in the Black Sea region and the United States, as Moscow's worldwide policies are captured by an idea of redrawing the negative consequences of a US centered world order. (17) The Eastern Mediterranean region as a part of the known Greater Middle East represents great importance for the national interests of the Russian Federation through; to begin with, the region is a gift so possesses a great amount of energy resources which ensures the growth of the world economy.…”

“…First, the stage of retreat (during the 1990s), Second, the phase of recovery (first decade of the 2000s), Third, and the years of global destabilization after the Arab Spring (20) with the increasing Russian activity in the region, this distinction is based on a different attitude of the Russian president's towards this region.…”

Communication on Climate Change in the Mediterranean by Non-State Actors: A Framing Analysis

“…At this point, a critical eye would be sceptical of the extent of regional governments' climate laws' abidance to "leaving no one behind." At the regional level, despite the emergence of the climate crisis as a "common existential threat" in the Mediterranean (Stergiou, 2023), conflicts over hydrocarbons have been going on. 7 On the one hand, the dispute over preserving the Mediterranean from hydrocarbon drilling activities has pitted environmentalists against energy companies on both sides of the sea.…”