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This article about the latest round of the EU-Russia energy dispute highlights many underlying issues ranging from energy supplies to the EU's ability to arbitrate neighboring economic disputes (between Russia and Ukraine), to the EU's ability to develop a cohesive long-term diplomatic position with a major international actor (thus demonstrating its ability to be a world power). In addition, the several pipelines depicted in the article also offer an insight on specific international cooperations, adding to the many forums of the Transatlantic relation. Here is the article's abstract: "The giant Russian energy company, Gazprom, which controls the world's largest reserves of natural gas, has issued a stark warning to the European Union saying it must decide if it wants to continue receiving supplies of Russian gas."
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