Andreas Goldthau and Nick Sitter publish article on EU external energy governance in Journal of European Public Policy

DPP's Andreas Goldthau and Nick Sitter published a piece titled 'A liberal actor in a realist world? The Commission and the external dimension of the single market for energy' in the Journal of European Public Policy, a top journal in the field of public policy.

The article investigates the European Commission's external energy policy through the lens of the regulatory state. It argues that because of the nature of its institutions, policy tools and resources, the Commission remains a liberal actor even as the world leaves the benign pro-market environment of the 1990s and becomes more mercantilist – or ‘realist’. The piece is part of the ongoing EU-funded GR:EEN research project. The article can be downloaded here.