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Introduction
“Security”isoneofthemostimportanttermsinpoliticalscience,internatio-
nalrelations,andeconomylDuringtheWestphalianinternationalsystem,military
powerwasakeyelementofthestatesecuritylToday,inthenewlateWestphalian
internationalsystem,weshouldspillsecurityissuesoverintoothersectors,which
arefundamentallydifferentfrommilitaryoneslSecurityisamultidimensional
ideawhichneedsapolitical,economicalorsocietalandculturaldialogbetween
andwithinstates,civilizationsandotheractorsontheinternationalscenel
Onecansafelyassumethatnowadaysenergyisanimportantpartofinter-
nationalsecuritylAccordingtoGawdatBahgat,“energyisthelifebloodofcivili-
sation”lTheinterdependencyintheenergyfieldisasignificantdimensionofthe
contemporaryrelationsbetweenstatesandtransnationalcorporationslSufficient
suppliesofenergyareinherentelementsoftheeconomicdevelopmentofeverysta-
teandnationlWithenergyrisingprices,majorconsumingstatesarestrugglingto
comeupwitheffectivelong-termenergypoliciesl
ThegrowingenergyneedshavegiventheUnitedStates,ChinaortheEurope-
anUnionastronginterestindevelopingtieswithenergy-producingstatestobuild
necessarypipelineinfrastructurelUpstreamanddownstreaminvestmentshaveno
bordersorlimitslThereby,thereisanecessitytoimproveadialogbetweenproducers,
consumersandtransitstatestoensureenergysecurityl“Energysecurity”isquite
anewtermusedininternationalrelationsafewyearsagolAccordingtomostana-
lysts,itmeansassureddeliveryofadequatesuppliesofaffordableenergytomeet
astate’svitalrequirements,evenintimesofinternationalcrisisorconflictlAnalyzing
thespecifyofenergysecurity,weshouldunderlinethatitisstronglyconnectedwith
thenewtechnologiesindevelopingenergyresourcesandprotectingthem,because
oilandgasfacilitiesbecomeatargetofattackbyinsurgents,terroristsorseparatist
groupsl
Thereby,energysecurityalsoincorporatesaforeignpolicydimensioninterms
ofmaintaininggoodrelationswithvariousenergy-producingstateslNowadays,
