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ENERGY POLICIES, POLITICS AND PRICES
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MIRJANA RADOVANOVIĆ, PHD
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CONTENTS
Preface vii
Chapter 1 Ensuring Global Energy Security:
The Role of Russian Energy Policy 1
Olga Mirković Isaeva, Bojana Vasić
and Mirjana Radovanović
Chapter 2 EU Engagement in South China Sea Disputes and
Its Potential to Exchange Global Energy Security 35
Andrea Fischer-Hotzel, Sophia Dieken
and Jürgen-Friedrich Hake
Chapter 3 The Role of HV Grid Development for
Future Security in Electric Energy 71
Yuri Yegorov and Franz Wirl
Chapter 4 Energy Security in South East Europe:
Present and Future Challenges 97
Bojana Ž. Bajić, Damjan G. Vučurović
and Siniša N. Dodić
Chapter 5 Accession to EU and NATO and Energy Security:
A Case of Slovenia 139
Polona Šprajc and Iztok Podbregar
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Chapter 6 Natural Gas Infrastructure and Energy Security:
A Comparison between the EU and China 171
Yuri Yegorov
Chapter 7 Arrow’s Theorem and a Sustainability Preference
Order: The Necessity of Social Discourse to
Preserve Energy Security 197
Holger Schlör, Carolin Märker, Sandra Venghaus
and Jürgen-Friedrich Hake
Index 221
PREFACE
Energy security is one of the greatest challenges of the modern world.
The situation is further complicated by the fact that energy security can be
viewed from different points of view, which are often contradictory and
with no consensus on what energy security is and how it is measured,
monitored or foreseen. This book presents the most important aspects of
energy security, including its role as an element of national security and a
factor of geopolitical stability. Many factors affect energy security (and
vice versa) in different ways. This book discusses the most important: the
impact of political changes, military operations, organizations (EU and
NATO), and social movements on energy security. Special emphasis is
given to energy infrastructure, as one of the major preconditions that will –
along with geopolitical changes – have the greatest impact on energy
security in the future. The book presents energy security specificities and
challenges in the case of EU countries, the Russian Federation, the United
States and China. It also provides an example of small countries that do not
have their own energy resources, and therefore need to ensure their secure
energy and political future in a rapidly changing world. The book is
primarily intended for the academic community, decision-makers, energy
sector companies and security services around the world.
Chapter 1 - Energy security is one of the key priorities in each country
of the world, especially in those that rely heavily on energy import. At the
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same time, large energy producers are developing their own energy
strategies in order to use their resources effectively, without jeopardizing
the future. Priorities of Russia’s global energy security policy are
formulated taking into account the position of Russia as the main producer
and consumer, of energy, energy carrier and, at least, potentially a country
of energy transit. The authors of this chapter present the state and problems
of the Russian energy sector, the threats and challenges for ensuring the
national energy security of the country, parameters of Russia’s
participation in the global energy sector, which determine the feasibility of
implementing the Russian global energy security policy. Russian policy of
ensuring the global energy security is in connection with Russian interests
of ensuring own energy security, as part of the national security as a whole.
The authors of this chapter point out main threats for energy security of
Russia, as well as measures for its improvement. Stable energy production
in the Russian Federation, together with economic development and
international policy, are one of the major drivers, which will define and
shape future global development.
Chapter 2 - Improved cooperation between the US and China in the
field of energy security would in all likelihood enhance energy security
worldwide, increasing security generally and boosting the economy at the
same time. Central to US-China relations will be the peaceful management
of the South China Sea dispute, enabling littoral states and other trading
nations to make the most of the regional shipping routes and resources.
The European Union (EU) has a vital interest in well-working US-China
relations to further its own security and trade interests. However, due to its
strategic unimportance in East Asia it has few leverage points to contribute
to it. Europe oscillates between emphasis on international law, especially
the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), its
interest in good economic and political relations with China and its hope
that all parties involved in the conflict, not least the US, will somehow
manage to uphold the principle of freedom of navigation at this
geopolitically sensitive spot. In addition, the EU is internally divided on
the issue, which inhibits the formation of a clear stance in the dispute.
Reasons for this are diverging security interests of individual member
