By Vasiliki Kantioti*, Analyst & Member of the Board of Advisors of KEDISA
Energy diplomacy in international relations is defined as “the strategic use of energy resources, policies, and international cooperation to achieve foreign policy goals, ensure energy security, and advance economic and environmental interests”. It includes negotiations, institutional arrangements, and partnerships through which states and other actors (such as multinational corporations and international organizations) make efforts to succeed in ply security, shaping global markets, and promoting technological and sustainable development. in a global energy landscape that is characterized by high interconnection and competitiveness. In a global energy landscape that is characterized by high interconnection and competitiveness, energy diplomacy combines energy policy and foreign relations and serves as both a tool of influence and a means of securing national interests.
* This is Vasiliki Kantioti’s dissertation submitted during her postgraduate studies at the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus (MSc n Energy: Strategy, Law & Economics)
