Neopolitics (New energy order politics) of Fossil, Renewable and Nuclear Fuels - Turkey’s Position and Alternative Futures

Abstract

This paper analyzes Turkey’s energy supply security and resource diversity with regard to consumption patterns, price fluctuations and environmental pressures as their significance is increasing constantly in parallel with the rising demand. The paper introduces consumption trends, expectations on oil prices and the environmental criteria affecting energy sector first at global scale. It then elaborates Turkey’s position by indicating similarities and dissimilarities on its energy consumption patterns with regard to the average of OECD countries, indicates the economic burden of price fluctuations in different cases and discusses its interaction with environmental criteria such as Kyoto.

Keywords

Energy Security, Neopolitics, Oil, Natural Gas, Bio-fuels, Nuclear.

Citation

Bilgin, Mert, "Neopolitics (New energy order politics) of Fossil, Renewable and Nuclear Fuels - Turkey’s Position and Alternative Futures", International Relations, Volume 5, Issue 20 (Winter 2009), pp. 57-88.

Affiliations

• Mert Bilgin, Assoc. Prof., Bahcesehir University, Department of Political Science and International Relations