The Nordic Dimension of Energy Security

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. Energy Security: Contemporary Challenges


1.1 Security and Security Policy


1.2 Subject and Scope of the State's Energy Security

1.3 Energy and Climate Security1.4. Energy Security and Environmental Security



1.5. Evolution of International Cooperation on Environmental and Climate Protection

 

CHAPTER 2. Global Energy Market Dilemmas2.1. Opportunities and Challenges of the First Decade of the 21st Century



2.2. Increase in Energy Demand

2.3. Energy Production and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2.4. New Trends in the Global Energy System 



CHAPTER 3. Energy Balance in the Second Decade of the 21st Century

3.1. The Global Energy Balance            

3.2. Top Energy Producers, Exporters and Importers3.3. Current Energy Consumption.



 

CHAPTER 4. Energy Policy of the European Union in the 21st Century

4.1. European Energy Market: Economic and Political Conditions in the First Decade4.2. The European Union and Energy Supply Problems



4.3. Contemporary Challenges in the EU Strategy and Energy Balance

4.4. The EU's Activity in Counteracting Climate Change: The Special Role of RES and EU ETS regulation

4.5. The EU's Climate Policy 



CHAPTER 5. Norden States in the Context of Energy Security: Fundamental Issues

5.1 Nordic States in the International Arena

5.2 Norden and the Energy Problems in the Baltic Sea Region 



CHAPTER 6. The Kingdom of Denmark: Leader in Energy Efficiency

6.1 Energy Potential: Hydrocarbon Resources

6.2. Energy Balance of Denmark

6.3. Activities to Ensure Denmark's Energy Security

6.4. A Testing Ground for Novelties: Climate and Energy

Professor Ryszard Michal CZARNY, expert in Scandinavian issues, lawyer and political scientist researching political and economic conditions of the cooperation among the North European States. Full Professor of long standing at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (Poland) and, since 2012, Professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava (Slovakia). Author and editor of many monographs and major works on Scandinavian countries, including: Regionalism in International Relations, Sweden in the European Union: Political and Legal Analysis, Sweden - Poland - The European Union, In the New Europe: Glossary of Terms, Energy Dilemmas of the Nordic Region Countries, EU Northern Dimension: Development Study, The Northern Spaces: Contemporary Issues - ed., The Arctic and Nordic Countries in the World of Economy and Politics - ed., The High North: Between Geography and Politics, Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015, A Modern Nordic Saga: Politics, Economy and Society, Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland 2017, Sweden: From Neutrality to International Solidarity, Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland 2018, and numerous articles and essays on contemporary international relations.