Alignment of Greek-US energy-related security interests in SE Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean
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Keywords
Greek US strategic interest ; South-eastern Europe ; Energy strategy ; Energy security ; Energy interests ; Energy union ; Energy policy ; Natural gas ; Eastern MediterraneanAbstract
This study examines the framework that leads to an alignment of interests between Greece and the US as regards to energy developments on a regional level and determines the elements and mechanisms through which these energy interests relate and interact with the two countries’ security interests. The analysis moves beyond the financial aspects of energy that are usually credited with a corresponding political interest, and establishes a theoretical framework with the capacity to identify the requirements and conditions under which energy projects and energy flows can be linked to security objectives and interests. In order to identify the elements of energy interest alignment between Greece and the US, the study defines the criteria that carry the capacity to attribute strategic value to an energy project. The thesis establishes the theoretical background that links energy with national security, classifies the criteria that define a strategic energy project and identifies the Greek and US strategic and energy interests that are then tested against the pre-determined criteria for strategic energy projects. The same analytical process is applied for other actors in the subsystems of SE Europe and Eastern Mediterranean, both major (EU and Russia) as well as regional (Balkan countries, Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey) in order to build a framework of converging and diverging energy-related strategic interests in the two subsystems. Finally, a number of existing, planned and proposed energy projects are tested through the pre-established theoretical tools in order to determine the pathways and the basis through which the alignment of Greek and US energy interests is materialized.
Postgraduate Studies Programme
Ενέργεια: Στρατηγική, Δίκαιο & ΟικονομίαDepartment
Σχολή Οικονομικών, Επιχειρηματικών και Διεθνών Σπουδών. Τμήμα Διεθνών και Ευρωπαϊκών ΣπουδώνNumber of pages
78Language
EnglishDescription
The thesis introduces a new theoretical tool named Strategic Framework of Energy Projects designed to link fundamental aspects of international relations theory with the basic principles of energy security.Collections
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