Lietuvos energetinio saugumo tikslų įgyvendinimas tarptautinėse organizacijose 2009-2013 m.

LTSunkiai kontroliuojami energijos kainų svyravimai, energijos tiekimo sutrikimo galimybė ir neprognozuojami Rusijos veiksmai yra veiksniai, išprovokavę ambicingus Lietuvos energetinio saugumo tikslus. Jų įgyvendinimui buvo skirtas didelis Lietuvos užsienio politikos dėmesys tarptautinėse organizacijose. Tačiau ar narystė jose išties padėjo įgyvendinti nacionalinius energetinio saugumo tikslus? Ieškant atsakymo į šį klausimų, straipsnyje nagrinėjamas narystės tarptautinėse organizacijose panaudojimas Lietuvos energetinio saugumo tikslams pasiekti, ir siekiama nustatyti, ar Lietuvos užsienio politika tarptautinėse organizacijose (NATO, JTO, ESBO, TATEN A ir IRENA) padėjo pasiekti šalies energetinio saugumo tikslus. Šiam siekiui įgyvendinti buvo nagrinėjami Lietuvos ir tarptautinių organizacijų oficialūs dokumentai, teisės akai ir apklausti Lietuvos energetikos politikos formuotojai, diplomatai ir nepriklausomi energetikos ekspertai. Analizė atskleidė, kad Lietuvos užsienio politika tarptautinėse organizacijose buvo rezultatyvi, tačiau jos reikšmė nacionalinių energetinio saugumo tikslų įgyvendinimui buvo apribota ties analitinių resursų užsitikrinimu, o užsienio politikos rezultatyvumas daugiau pasireiškė padidėjusiu galimybių spektru siekiant tolesnių energetinio saugumo tikslų tarptautinėse organizacijose. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Energetinis saugumas; Tarptautinės organizacijos; Užsienio politika; Energy security; Foreign policy; International organizations; Lithuania.

ENEnergy price fluctuations, high probability of energy supply disruptions, and unpredictable Russia’s actions are the factors that provoked ambitious Lithuania’s energy security goals. Contemporary scholars argue that Lithuania’s membership in international organizations provides various opportunities for foreign policy to be involved in the processes of their implementation, and such an involvement could be a helpful factor. Therefore, the paper asks, and determines wherever Lithuania’s membership in international organizations could be helpful in achieving national energy security priorities of the aforementioned country. In an attempt to do so, the utilization of membership in NATO, OSCE, UN, IAEA and IRENA for the attainment of Lithuania’s energy security goals is analyzed in the paper. Three main objectives are raised. The paper firstly determines Lithuania’s national energy security aims, and how they are represented in international organizations. The second step is dedicated to measuring the extent of Lithuania’s foreign policy success in trying to reach its energy security objectives in international organizations. Finally, paper determines the impact of successful foreign policy in international organizations to the implementation of national energy security goals. Two main methods are operated in the paper: analysis of official and legal documents, and in depth semi - structured interviews with Lithuanian diplomats, energy policy makers and independent experts.The value of such a methodology lays in an extended ability to check the correctness of conclusions based on the utilization of each of them - Lithuania’s official and legal documents are capable of illustrating the country’s official version of national energy security goals, their representation in international organizations, and the extent of their implementation. Official and legal documents of international organizations are of crucial importance in checking wherever Lithuania’s claims concerning its achievements in international organizations correspond to reality. Finally, it is almost impossible to understand the impact of Lithuania’s foreign policy in international organizations on the attainment of national energy security goals without taking the insights of the experts into an account. The usage of such a methodology leads to a conclusion that Lithuania’s foreign policy in international organizations had helped to attain national energy security goals. However, competences obtained from the IAEA and IRENA in increasing national energy generation capabilities, and therefore, helping to achieve the goal of energy independence are the only examples in this regard. Nevertheless, Lithuania’s foreign policy in international organizations was a very effective one, even though its success has not managed to transform into more instruments in helping to achieve national energy security goals. Based on this conclusion the paper supports the position that Lithuania’s energy security priorities should continue to be represented in the analyzed international organizations. [From the publication]

• Teisė / Law
• Politikos mokslai / Political sciences
• Vadyba / Management