Articles
"Chinese Energy Security: Challenges and Strategies"
Carla Isabel Fernandes
IUM - Center for Research and Development (CIDIUM).
The People's Republic Of China In The Global World Of The 21st Century. Minutes Of The Seminar. July 2018.
Available here.
"European Energy Security: The Southern Gas Corridor and the EastMed Project"
Dra. Ana Campos
IDN Cadernos Nº30 - III Seminário IDN Jovem.
Instituto da Defesa Nacional. Lisbon, April 2018.
"Impact of the German Energiewende in Europe: the Role of Nord Stream 2 in European Energy Security"
Dra. Anna Momotova
IDN Cadernos Nº30 - III Seminário IDN Jovem.
Instituto da Defesa Nacional. Lisbon, April 2018.
"Russia and the Arab Spring: A Counter-revolutionary Power in the MENA Region."
Vanda Amaro Dias and Maria Raquel Freire
The World Community and the Arab Spring. Editors: Çakmak, Cenap, Özçelik, Ali Onur (Eds.)
"The EU-Russia energy relation and the Atlantic option."
Pedro Camacho
IDN Cadernos Nº25 - II IDN Youth Seminar
Institute of National Defense. Lisbon, July 2017.
Abstract: The world energy market has gone through a cycle of falling oil prices. The trend towards the depletion of European endogenous sources, the unstable growth of the unconventional industry in the US and the changes in the middle east in which Russia plays a decisive role, pose new challenges to European energy security, demanding to diversify its suppliers. Through an analysis of the main macroeconomic and geopolitical factors, which highlights the main trends in the energy market, economically, technologically, infrastructurally and geopolitically, the aim is to formulate hypotheses about future configurations of European energy security.
"European energy security from the agreement between OPEC producers and non-OPEC producers: Contributions to a Prospect Analysis up to 2030."
Franco Tomassoni
Institute of National Defense. Lisbon, July 2017.
IDN Cadernos Nº25 - II Seminário IDN Jovem.
Abstract: Energy is vital in the daily life of human society. Since the 1960s, Russia has been exporting oil and natural gas to its European partners. The value of these trade relations, as a result of the weight of energy in the European economy, prompted the European Union to set up a discussion forum in this area, the Energy Dialogue, in October 2000. Its contribution to the coordination of positions, and the defense of the common interest has made the Energy Dialogue as a promoter of European energy security and Russian reliability of supply. However, events in Ukraine in 2014 have led to the suspension of bilateral relations between the European Union and Russia to date. These episodes, tied to the history of natural gas disruptions in Eastern Europe, have fueled the European Union's desire to diversify its energy supply, where the Atlantic basin may represent a promising alternative in the long run.
"Geopolitics of Energy and Energy Security"
Editors: Carla Patrício Fernandes e Teresa Ferreira Rodrigues
Authors: Aleksei Grivach; Ana Campos; António Costa Silva; Carla Patrício Fernandes; Franco Tomassoni; Filipe Arnault Moreira; José Félix Ribeiro; Licínia Simão; Maria Raquel Freire and Teresa Ferreira Rodrigues.
Instituto da Defesa Nacional, IDN Cadernos 24, July 2017
Abstract: This publication reproduces presentations made at a workshop hosted by the Portuguese National Defense Institute (IDN), under the framework of the project Geo4GER – Geopolitics of Gas and the Future of Euro-Russian Relations. Given the complexity of the vectors to consider in the analyses of this complex issue, the editors invited specialists to treat, in a rigorous and synthetic way, some of the aspects which they believe to represent the basic points the project aims to develop. These authors, with very different origins, experiences and academic backgrounds, brought greater diversity and richness to the “ways of seeing” this reality. In a context of rapid changes, we believe their contribution will assure greater and more informed information about one major challenge in the coming decades, that energy security and Euro-Russian relations will bring to European societies, namely in what refers to natural gas.
"The main challenges to the EU's security of supply."
Ana Campos
Trans European Policy Studies Association, June 2017
Abstract: The European Union (EU) is one of the biggest energy consumers in the world and imports more than half of all the energy it consumes. The EU is heavily reliant on a reduced number of energy suppliers, particularly oil and natural gas, and some countries rely entirely on the Russia Federation for their natural gas. The EU needs to continue developing short-term and long-term strategies to improve European energy security and to deal with the main challenges to security of supply.
"Alternativa Energy in the EU: Lessons from Portugal."
Professor Teresa Rodrigues
Ana Campos
Ecology & Safety, Volume 11, June 2017
Abstract: EU is trying to reduce its dependence of fossil energies, assure alternative energy sources and increase its energy security. It leads a global energy transition, which involves a considerable change in consumption/production profiles, energy market, transit and security supply. Portugal has been pointed as a good case of European politics: since 2006 it reduced 12% of its external dependence by increasing renewable energies (+35%), and quadrupled electricity production from renewable energy sources. In a global insecure context it can became a strategic country in energy issues.
"The organizational structure of the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue: An effective architecture?"
Pedro Camacho
Análise Europeia – Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos Europeus, Vol. 2, no. 3, May 2017.
Abstract: The organizational structure of EU-Russia Energy Dialogue: An effective architecture? Energy is one of the main components of bilateral relations between the European Union and Russia. Since the 1960s, Russia, then the Soviet Union, has signed the first long-term contracts for the supply of gas with European countries. This strictly commercial relationship has highlighted the importance of trade in energy resources for the Russian and European economies, culminating in the institutionalization of energy cooperation with the creation of the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue in 2000. The Energy Dialogue has become the main arena for discussion on energy issues until the suspension of bilateral relations by the EU, after the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014. This article describes the activity developed by the Energy Dialogue throughout the 14 years of its activity, seeking to analyze the effectiveness of the organizational structure vis-à-vis the work developed and objectives established.
"Energy securirty and national defense - the case of Portugal."
Ana Campos
IDN Cadernos Nº23 - I Seminário IDN Jovem.
Institute of National Defense, Lisbon, March 2017.
Abstract: Energy security is currently a very important element in national and foreign policy of States. There is a growing awareness of the importance of energy resources and, consequently, a greater concern of States to ensure their energy security and their national security. Portugal is no exception. The energy scenario in Portugal is characterized by a strong external dependence on fossil fuels. A dependence that the Strategic Concept of National Defense characterizes as an important vulnerability that needs to be addressed through a set of strategies and measures.This article aims to analyze the strategies developed by Portugal in order to guarantee and increase energy security, as well as to understand the importance of energy security to national security.