The External Energy Security of Slovakia – Reflection in the Activities of the MFA SR
The External Energy Security of Slovakia – Reflection in the Activities of the MFA SR

Author(s): Ján Šoth
Subject(s): Politics, Energy and Environmental Studies, International relations/trade, Developing nations, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)
Keywords: Slovakia; energy; security; external energy; reflections; activities; MFA SR; EU;
Summary/Abstract: The tension on the global energy markets grew gradually throughout the year 2007 as a result of the steep increase in oil and natural gas prices as well as due to the fear of an impending lack of energy. Even renowned expert institutions throughout the world published studies and prognoses which state that, among the other global threats we must prepare to face, the following decade will dramatically increase the pressure on the stable delivery of energy resources and the pressure of the great powers focused on the control over the world’s key production regions. Many perceive this as a direct consequence (among others) of the modernization and the fast economic growth of multiple large and until recently – developing countries like India, China or Brazil. The evident depletion of European deposits of energy resources is the second serious cause.

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