New challenges of international energy security: between continuation and change. Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic
New challenges of international energy security: between continuation and change. Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic

Summary/Abstract: The main research objective of the presented study is to analyse,in accordance with selected theoretical and methodological assumptions,the main challenges of international energy security. This will be possiblethanks to a comprehensive analysis in the explanatory and predictive dimension. Analyses of energy security issues take into account long-term develop- ment trends as well as unpredictable events related to the functioning of in- frastructure and energy technology. Thus, unexpected, sudden phenomenaresulting from the dynamics of the international environment gain in impor- tance. The energy security policy has been narrowly defined so far, and thusthe issue of thinking in terms of various development opportunities in the rawmaterials industry is often overlooked. The dilemma related to “non-linear”thinking often ignores a variety of solutions that, taken together, can causea radical turn in the energy market and its evolution.The methodological framework of the conducted research included researchmethods appropriate to the science of international relations. The factormethod was useful in identifying the determinants of energy security redefinition in the contemporary world. The prognostic analysis turned out to behelpful in the part of the thesis on the prospects for the development of energy security.

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