title: Economic Warfare a la Russe: The Energy Weapon and Russian National Security Strategy
abstract: INTRODUCTIONRecently General Phillip Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander Europe(SAC EUR ), cited Russia's military and economic coercion directed against its neighbors.1 Breedlove rightly singled out economic coercion because on a daily basis Russia's energy network is its most constantly operating factor of coercion or of leverage in Eurasia. Energy policies operate constantly as a major weapon in Russia's national security strategy and are often utilized together with the other elements of Rus