Security in Sustainable Energy Transitions: Interplay between Energy, Security, and Defence Policies in Estonia, Finland, Norway, and Scotland

Paula Kivimaa

doi:10.1017/9781009368155

By providing a new qualitative analysis of policy coherence and integration between energy, security, and defence policies between 2006 and 2023, this book analyzes the impacts of policy interplay on energy transition through the lens of sustainability transitions research, security studies, energy security and geopolitics, and policy studies. The security aspects discussed range from national defence and geopolitics, to questions of energy security, positive security, and just transitions. Findings show that the policy interface around the energy-security nexus has often been incoherent. There is a lack of integration between security aspects, leading to ineffective policies from the perspective of decarbonisation and national security, which is evident in the European energy crisis following the war between Russia and Ukraine. This book is intended for researchers and experts interested in the energy transition and its connections to security and defence policies. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

‘For the lay reader, the country case studies offer a useful nuts-and-bolts view on institutional adaptation and cross-pollinating policy areas. As energy geo-economics become increasingly entwined with strategic competition, if not kinetic warfare, best practices for navigating the interaction between these policy areas will grow increasingly relevant. The book introduces security and defence considerations into the study of sustainability transitions, and assesses the potential for more integrated policy coordination to go beyond meeting nations’ basic energy security. “Just” transitions, for example, might maximise benefits for people (and stability for states) by promoting decentralised energy, community resilience and well-being.’

Shiloh Fetzek Source: Survival

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Security in Sustainable Energy Transitions
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Interplay between Energy, Security, and Defence Policies in Estonia, Finland, Norway, and Scotland
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Copyright page
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Contents
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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1 - Introduction
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The Challenge of Zero-Carbon Energy Transitions and National Security
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Part I - Theoretical and Literature-Based Foundations
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2 - Understanding Security in the Context of Sustainability Transitions
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3 - Energy Security and Geopolitics of Energy Transition
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4 - A Conceptual–Analytical Approach to Examining Security in Sustainability Transitions and Policy Interplay
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Part II - Empirical Case Studies
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5 - Estonia
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Long-Term Energy Independence and Oil Shale
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6 - Finland
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Ambivalent Links between Energy and Security
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7 - Norway
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Contradiction of Oil for Export and Fully Renewable Electricity Supply
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8 - Scotland
pp 141-162
From Oil to Wind under a Devolved Government and New Pressures for UK Energy Security
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Part III - Conclusions
pp 163-186
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9 - Insights into Zero-Carbon Energy, Sustainability Transitions, and Security
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References
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Index
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Security in Sustainable Energy Transitions
pp i-ii

Security in Sustainable Energy Transitions - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Preface
pp ix-x

Acknowledgments
pp xi-xii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-14

Part I - Theoretical and Literature-Based Foundations
pp 15-66

2 - Understanding Security in the Context of Sustainability Transitions
pp 17-34

3 - Energy Security and Geopolitics of Energy Transition
pp 35-51

4 - A Conceptual–Analytical Approach to Examining Security in Sustainability Transitions and Policy Interplay
pp 52-66

Part II - Empirical Case Studies
pp 67-162

5 - Estonia
pp 69-93

6 - Finland
pp 94-118

7 - Norway
pp 119-140

8 - Scotland
pp 141-162

Part III - Conclusions
pp 163-186

9 - Insights into Zero-Carbon Energy, Sustainability Transitions, and Security
pp 165-186

References
pp 187-210

Index
pp 211-215

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