LEVEL OF ENERGY SECURITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON INSTRUMENTS OF NATIONAL POWER
LEVEL OF ENERGY SECURITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON INSTRUMENTS OF NATIONAL POWER

Summary/Abstract: The lack of energy resources and dependence on a single supplier could cause internal/external threats and provoke various instruments of national power. This thesis illustrates that geographically distant states should be linked to the same energy interdependence chain to have an affordable and sustainable energy supply and security margin. The Regional Security Complex Theory (RSCT) applicability to energy gives all contributors diversification of supply, and also, economic, as well as, security and environmental benefits. This paper employs the argumentative method to illustrate the Energy Security situation. Additionally, this paper gives recommendations on what should be done to achieve the main National Interests from Georgia’s Energy Security perspective to not to provoke various instruments of national power.

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