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policies.Theintrusive,orpenetratingpart,consistsofexternalpower(s)
participatingintheregion’saffairs.18
TheRegionalSecurityComplexTheory(RSCT)19canbeseenasabridge
toconnecttheaforementionedtheories.AccordingtoBuzan,Waeverand
deWilde,thesectorsofsecurityinRSCTaremilitary,political,economic,
societalandenvironmental.BarryBuzanalsodescribedfourmainconcepts
asformingthestructureofthesecuritycomplex:maintenanceofthestatus
quo,internaltransformation,externaltransformation,andoverlap.20As
mentionedpreviously,therecentandcurrentliteraturereviewemploys
energyasamatterofsecurityandBuzan,alongwithhiscolleagues,believes
thatenergypolicyhasbeensecuritised.21
Asaresult,RSCTcouldbeappliedtoenergyasasixthsecuritysector,22
orso-calledRegionalEnergySecurityComplexTheory(RESCT),formed
bytheenergyinteractionbetweentwoormorestatesorregions.
TerminologyofEnergySecurity
Thenotionofenergysecuritysometimesdiffersbasedonpersonaland
institutionalperspectives;nonetheless,ithasbeendescribedinvarious
literaturethroughnearly45definitions.23Fromtheimporters’perspective,
“energysecurity”meanssecurityofsupplywithoutanyshortageatreasonable
andevencompetitivepriceswithoutfurtherdeteriorationofthestateorthe
environment.24Forexporters,however,“energysecurity”equatessecurity
ofdemandatcompetitivepricesthatwillguaranteesignificantprofitsfor
theexporterwithnoexcessivecosttotheenvironment.25Whatismore,as
18
Ibidem,p.297.
19
B.Buzan,O.Waever,RegionsandPowers:TheStructureofInternationalSecurity,
CambridgeUniversityPress,Cambridge,2003,p.27.
20
B.Buzan,People,StatesandFear:AnAgendaforInternationalSecurityStudiesinthe
Post-ColdWarEra,2nded.,HarvesterWheatsheaf,NewYork,1991,pp.215-220.
21
B.Buzan,O.Waever,J.deWilde,Security:ANewFrameworkforAnalysis,LynneRienner
Publishers,Boulder,1998,p.105.
22
M.Palonkorpi,EnergySecurityandtheRegionalSecurityComplexTheory,Aleksanteri
Institute-UniversityofHelsinki,2007,p.17.
23
B.K.Sovacool,T.WeiLim,“ExploringtheContestedandConvergentNatureofEnergy
Security,”in:B.K.Sovacool(ed.),TheRoutledgeHandbookofEnergySecurity,Routledge,
NewYork,2011,p.3.
24
F.Proedrou,EUEnergySecurityintheGasSectorEvolvingDynamics,PolicyDilemmas
andProspects,Ashgate,Farnham,2012.
25
G.Luft,A.Korine,EnergySecurityChallengesforthe21stCentury,GreenwoodPublishing
Group,SantaBarbara,2009,p.9.
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