International relationships and the problem of energy in Europe

Abstract

This article is introduced by a short critical analysis of the main theories on international economic relationships: the pure theory of international commerce, the theory of international development (theory of dependency; and the theory of unequal exchange. All these theories seem to be more or less uncapable of explaining a reality whose strictly economical aspects are undissolved from the political, the technological and such. A theoretical refor- mulation is therefore an indispensable and urgent task. Systematical arrangement of available information on the new agents and new forms and condi- tions of international relationships is also of fundamental importance. Aiming at such goals, the second part of the article presents a critical inventory of the present characteristic data of the problem of energy in Europe, within the set of international relationships.