The Role and Importance of Contemporary Energy, Economic and Environmental Security Policies in International Integration Cover Image

Улога и значај енергетске, економске и еколошке политике безбедности у међународним интеграцијама
The Role and Importance of Contemporary Energy, Economic and Environmental Security Policies in International Integration

Author(s): Božidar Banović, Saša V. Mijalković
Subject(s): National Economy, Energy and Environmental Studies, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Security and defense
Published by: Институт за политичке студије
Keywords: politics; security; economy; energy and energents; environmental health; national security;

Summary/Abstract: The significance of energy for modern states and people’s lives, limitation and non-renewability of the most of energy sources, as well as their continuing potential vulnerability (by the natural disasters, technical and technological accidents and by destructive human behavior), necessarily and justifiably caused the development of economic and energy security theoretical thought and practise, with special attention to their relationship with environmental security. The Republic of Serbia has also realized that improving the energy security, improves national security as well. However, there’s a lot of space for it’s improvement in national energy policy. In fact, our country is an energy - importing country, therefore energy dependent and “politically vulnerable”. At the same time, a number of potential alternative and pure energy sources that Serbia possesses in abundance are unexploited, and realizing the obligations undertaken by signing the Kyoto Protocol, the Serbian position on it’s European integration way would be significantly advanced. Furthermore, geo-strategic position of the significant transregional energy connector would have to encourage national policy designed to stimulate infrastructure projects with national and international importance, which brings “profit and so the political points”. Finally, in cooperation with NGO sector, the state should imrove the energy resource security mechanisms. That would make the benefit of energy sector development, at least triple: the national economy would be advanced, the international position of Serbia would be improved, and the environment would be protected, which would enhance the national security.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 193-216
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Serbian