ENERGY SECURITY AT THE BLACK SEA – COMPONENT OF THE ENERGY DIMENSION OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY AT EUROPEAN LEVEL –
ENERGY SECURITY AT THE BLACK SEA – COMPONENT OF THE ENERGY DIMENSION OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY AT EUROPEAN LEVEL –

Summary/Abstract: The security complex formed by the countries in the Black Sea Wider Region is continuously and dynamically reshaping itself in the medium and long term, the energy issues becoming more and more important. From the consumer perspective, the EU is an international actor that highly considers the energy resources from Caucasus, Central-Asia and transport corridors in the Black Sea Wider Region as well. It is vital for the EU to avoid excessive dependence on Russian infrastructures and to develop relations with oil and gas producing or transit states in the Black and Caspian Seas and Central Asia. Although NATO is primarily a political-military organisation, there is a concern for levels of security other than the military ones, while energy security has been for years part of the strategic documents of the North Atlantic Alliance.

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