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Title: | Energy security in the Euro-Mediterranean region |
Other Titles: | Change and opportunities in the emerging Mediterranean |
Authors: | Weissenbacher, Manfred |
Keywords: | Energy security -- Mediterranean Region Energy security -- European Union countries Energy policy -- European Union countries |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | University of Malta. Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies |
Citation: | Weissenbacher, M. (2012). Energy security in the Euro-Mediterranean region. In S. Calleya, & M. Wohlfeld (Eds.), Change and Opportunities in the Emerging Mediterranean (pp. 452-469). Msida: Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies. |
Abstract: | Energy is formally defined as the ability or capacity to do work. The command of energy thus plays a fundamental role for societies, setting the outer limits of what can be accomplished by communities, nations, or any social entity. Energy security has been defined in many different ways, but essentially exists whenever the energy supply is large and reliable enough to support a community’s societal, economic and military activities. In the context of the Euro-Mediterranean region, energy security has two main aspects. First, the provision of adequate energy services in countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean rim, where higher per capita energy consumption would be expected to enhance development and political stability. Secondly, the importance of the Mediterranean Sea for energy transits towards the European Union. Ultimately, both these aspects are related, as increased stability in the Mediterranean will allow the European Union to better safeguard the energy flows through the region. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/39684 |
ISBN: | 9789995701765 |
Appears in Collections: | Change and opportunities in the emerging Mediterranean |
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