Please write a term paper that has a strong thesis with well organized arguments supporting the following:
“ With its natural gas and oil pipelines that tie Europe to Russia like an umbilical cord, Russia has unchecked powers and influence that in a real sense exceed the military power and influence it had in the Cold War. “
References
Goldman, M. I. (2008). Petrostate: Putin, power, and the new Russia. Oxford: Oxford University Press.