Abstract
The scientific article is devoted to the issue of interdependence in the energy sector between differentregions of the world in the example of EU-EAEU cooperation. The purpose of this study is to analyzethe role of the energy factor as a connecting and integrating element of regional economic interactionbetween the EU and the EAEU. Using the theoretical paradigms of realism, liberalism, constructivism, thearticle analyzes the relationship between the EU and the EAEU in the context of ensuring future stabilityin the energy sector in Europe related to the ability of the countries of the European Union (EU) and theEAEU to support the interdependence of the energy market. While writing the article, the author studiedand summarized the studies of scholars of the realism paradigm, whose writings discussed the influenceof economic interdependence on states' intentions to initiate conflicts, as well as neoliberal school followerslike R. Keohane and J. Nye who conceptualize interdependence and define it as the existenceof interdependence between international actors in various fields of their interaction. Based on the dataobtained, it was found that an analysis of energy relations between the EU and the EAEU in recent yearsconfirms the hypothesis that the political consequences of interdependence are not a simple function ofgrowing trade and investment relations. By analyzing the political impact of energy interdependence,one can focus not only on existing or planned pipelines, the development of market conditions, thestructure of energy prices, the dynamics of exports and imports, and the extent of interdependence.Key words: EU, EAEU, interdependence, energy interests, cooperation, international relations