Conscious uncoupling: Europeans’ Russian gas challenge in 2023
Europeans made remarkable progress in removing Russian gas from their energy mix in 2022. But 2023 brings with it a whole host of new challenges
Experts & Staff
Szymon Kardaś
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise
EU’s energy and climate policy; Russia’s energy policy; Russia’s internal politics and foreign policy; international relations in Central and Eastern Europe
Languages
Polish, English, Russian
Biography
Szymon Kardaś is a senior policy fellow on energy within the European Power programme, based in ECFR’s Warsaw Office. His analysis will be focused on geopolitics of Europe’s new energy environment.
Between September 2012 and December 2022, Kardaś held the position of senior policy fellow at the Russian Department of the Centre for Eastern Studies in Warsaw (Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich – OSW). He is a graduate of the Institute of International Relations, Faculty of Journalism and Political Science, University of Warsaw and the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw. Kardaś gained his PhD in Political Science in April 2010 and is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw since 2010.
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In the media
Szymon Kardaś on the dangers of dependence on Russian gas and how Europe could free itself from it
Szymon Kardaś on nuclear energy in the EU
Issues related to the succession of power and the accountability of the previous ruling camp are likely to dominate in the near future, and it might have an impact on the energy and climate agenda
Szymon Kardaś on what’s in store for EU and Polish climate policy in 2024
Russia is now noticing the effect of these sanctions
Szymon Kardaś comments on the energy relations between Russia and Europe
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Szymon Kardaś on the the energy transition in Poland and the challenges ahead for the new government