Since The End Of The 20th Century, The Russian Energy Diplomacy

Energy resources is the base of modern industry, its supplication is essential to the national welfare and the people's livelihood and national security. Especially the"blood of industry", oil, make position of"energy diplomacy"important in foreign policy, due to the rareness and lack, the imbalance of distribution, production and consumption, and the important position in national security and economic development.Energy diplomacy is a kind of economic diplomacy. It is a series of diplomacy action surround energy strategy objection by a government including national leader and foreign affairs, business and trade and energy resources department. This essay begins with analysis of Russia's energy diplomacy condition, to analyze basis, direction and limitation of Russia's energy diplomacy, to make a evaluation and prospect of it. Russia has plenty of oil and gases, its government take full use of it to promote foreign affairs, and carry out a series of laws and rules, all of these are the basis of Russia's energy diplomacy. After 1990s, Russia's government, especially the foreign affairs ministry, carries out different strategy towards different countries and regions. However, due to the limitation of Russia's political system and energy exploration condition and geo-politic and all kinds of other reasons, Russia's energy diplomacy is sail before the wind.By promotion of continue high oil price and energy diplomacy, Russia's economy leaving the crisis behind and make ahead to sustainable increasing. Russia takes the energy as weapon to expand its diplomacy space, to turn its energy advantage to international political implication. And, its international status is revived. But its economic growth depend heavily on energy export, it is a challenge to its long term development.China is a demanding country of Russia's energy. China should focus on national interest, carry out national energy security strategy, make dialogue with Russia, and relax Russia's vigilance to China, prevent cut-throat competition with external world.