The Energy Security Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean: The Rise of, Turkish Revisionism, Its Counter-Coalitions and the Geopolitical Significance of the East Med Gas Pipeline

2021 ◽  
pp. 139-158
Author(s):  
Theodoros Tsakiris
Keyword(s):  
Energy Security ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Gas Pipeline

Impact of Turmoil and Gas Resources in the Eastern Mediterranean on Jordanian Energy Security and Foreign Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (Summer 2020) ◽  
pp. 237-255
Author(s):  
Ahmad Alshwawra ◽  
Ahmad Almuhtady
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Security Framework ◽  
International Context ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

The Mediterranean region has witnessed a lot of turbulence in the last decade. On the one hand, the Arab uprising changed the shape of the regional relations towards more rivalry. On the other hand, the discovery of natural gas resources has opened up a valuable chance for cooperation and settling the long-standing disputes. Jordan is affected by what happens in the Mediterranean region in more than one aspect. The various economic difficulties including energy insecurity, resulting from multiple refugee crises and the interruption of Egyptian gas is one of the most critical challenges Jordan has ever faced. As a heavy energy importer, the Jordanian energy sector is very sensitive to the regional and International context. The recently discovered Eastern Mediterranean gas is an attractive energy resource for Jordan. Nonetheless, a fear of its influence on the Jordanian foreign policy in the Palestinian context has grown. This article discusses the impact of the recent turmoil in the Mediterranean region on Jordan energy security. It tracks the change of energy security in Jordan between 2010 and 2018 using a proposed energy security framework. The article also discusses the potential implications of Jordan’s decision to import the Mediterranean gas through Israel on Jordanian energy security using the proposed energy security framework. Moreover, the article utilizes semi-systematic literature review methodology to analyze international, regional and national contexts in order to investigate the potential ramifications of that decision on Jordanian foreign policy regarding the Palestinian cause.

Analysis of gas pipeline system from a European energy security perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 222
Author(s):  
Loukas Dimitriou ◽  
Tatiana Moschovou ◽  
Athanasios Ballis
Keyword(s):  
Energy Security ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Pipeline System

scholarly journals Energy Security and the Cyprus Question

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 5-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasileios P. Karakasis
Keyword(s):  
Energy Security ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
Joint Declaration ◽  
New Energy ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Levant Basin ◽  
Republic Of Cyprus ◽  
Energy Assets ◽  
Cyprus Conflict

In February 2014, Nikos Anastasiades, the President of the Republic of Cyprus and Dervis Eroglu, the Turkish-Cypriot leader, signed a Joint Declaration that established certain “ground-rules” upon which the then stalled peace talks -aiming at the island’s reunification- could be revived. The main stimulant prompting this evolution was the discovery of new energy sources in the Eastern Mediterranean, and especially offshore the RoC. In October 2014, Turkish navigational warning notified mariners that Turkey would soon perform its seismic surveys in sea areas that encroach on Cyprus’s EEZ, raising concerns on the escalation of the intractable and protracted Cyprus conflict. Aim of this research project is to provide readers with an insight on how the flow between energy and power politics is played out in the Eastern Mediterranean. Suggesting that the existing tensions extend beyond the struggle over the existing material energy assets in the seabed of the Levant Basin, the project casts light upon the notion of energy security by setting forth the indicators it is composed of. While scrutinizing the statements of the leaders on these events and seeking to highlight the security discourses they are coming up with, the project resorts to discourse analysis.

scholarly journals Realism in the Trans ASEAN Gas Pipeline Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
Rahmadha Akbar Syah ◽  
Zaki Khudzaifi Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Pipeline Project ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

To improve connectivity and energy security, especially natural gas, Southeast Asian countries, under the cooperation of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), are trying to build a gas pipeline that stretches from Indonesia to Myanmar. The project is called the Trans ASEAN Gas Pipeline (TAGP) under the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) scheme. However, regional countries are still dealing with their domestic problems, and there are fears that TAGP is detrimental to producer countries, resulting in the delay of this project as much by as four years – from 2020 to 2024. The uncertainty of the TAGP project further emphasizes that there is a tendency for countries not to adhere to the ASEAN forum’s agreements. Especially if it has to be juxtaposed with the Russian Gas Pipeline project which was built to distribute natural gas to Western European countries, TAGP is still far behind. In designing this paper, the authors use qualitative methods through literature studies by referring to the realism approach of International Relations to dissect TAGP problems. Furthermore, the author also feels the need to accommodate the neorealism approach to be used as a supportive approach in looking at the issues of disobedience in regional countries in supporting the TAGP scheme. Also, the authors conducted a brief comparison between TAGP and the Russian Gas Pipeline to be used as a case study analysis material that would later provide answers of why TAGP failed to go as planned.Keywords: realism, neorealism, TAGP, Russian Gas Pipeline

scholarly journals Influence of Eastern Mediterranean Gas Discoveries on European Energy Security

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elnur T. Mekhdiev ◽  
Alexander S. Vereshchagin ◽  
Guzel F. Kadyrova ◽  
Nail F. Gindullin ◽  
Sharbatullo D. Sodikov
Keyword(s):  
Energy Security ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean
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