NATO’nun Dönüşümünün Sınırları: Bir Uygulama Vakası Olarak Enerji Güvenliği
The Limits of NATO’s Transformation: Energy Security as a Case Study

Summary/Abstract: As an international organization founded in the conditions of Cold War period, NATO has not disappeared with the change of the international conjuncture. On the contrary, NATO has transformed into another form that has provided means to its new position in international security, and has helped itself to succeed to enlargement rather than abolish. Energy security has become a prominent security issue, which points out a new perspective for NATO member countries. In this respect, it has became a debate whether the energy security is accepted a component of the NATO Concepts or not. In this study, first, the transformation process of NATO and its reflections into the strategic concepts will be examined. Then, it will be explained how the energy security has affected NATO’s security perspective.Consequently, the potential position of energy security in NATO’s security perspective will be evaluated.

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