Energetska bezbednost Republike Srbije i energetska politika Evropske Unije
Energy Security of the Republic of Serbia in the Shadow of Influence of European Union Energy Policy

Summary/Abstract: Energy security as a dominant political-security issue to the nation state (Republic of Serbia) and supranational organization (European Union), and also the way of achieving and ensuring it under the rapidly changing conditions – is a central theme of the upcoming analysis. The aim is to show how the European Union, although an energy-dependent subject, by its energy policy affects the energy security of Serbia: primarily by membership in theEnergy Community for South Eastern Europe, as an example of the first, functional integration (2006) as well as by enjoying the rights and fulfilling the obligations arising from the process of the accession negotiations with the Union – which is, therefore, the key thesis that the author represents. in this sense, the necessity of harmonization with the EU energy policy stands out and crystallizes as a common denominator of the given impact and as the biggest challenge for the upcoming period as well. The increasing EU dependence takes alarming proportions – from ½ (2000) to ¾ of total energy needs (2030), as predicted, while Serbia, being aware of its strengths and weaknesses – without excluding any energy option in the future, remains the link between the East and the West.

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