Energy has always been of particular importance to humanity. Oil and gas have been some of the energies that greatly influenced the national security of countries, which produce and consume energy. With the transformation of geostrategic discourse into geo-economic discourse in recent decades and the key role of economics in global relations, oil as the basis of modern industry has enjoyed a hi...

Concerns for fossil fuel price volatility, environmental pollution and energy inefficiency drive the formulation of policies aimed at attaining security. We use a theoretical framework which integrates key elements security into context natural capital theory to investigate causal relationship between Nasdaq clean stock range variables including oil price, gas prices, carbon efficiency. Our aut...

The process of globalization, accelerated industrial development, continuous technological advancements, and the ever-growing global population are factors that contribute to increased utilization existing energy sources. However, fossil sources limited inadequate in face these developments. Consequently, countries have started seeking alternative sources, leading renewable This research aims h...

The topic of this Special Issue, “Energy Security and the Transition toward Green Energy Production”, acquired an uncomfortable timeliness while it was still in progress [...]

The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies such as wind and solar is being encouraged worldwide. Renewable energy investment costs have been dropping, which, combined with growing incentives, has led a rapid rise in capacity. These changes the electricity market entail great challenges uncertainties, specifically due resource availability. Wind depend on seasonal weather conditions ...

Successful energy transitions, also referred to as leapfrog development, present enormous prospects for EU nations become carbon neutral by shifting from fossil fuels renewable sources. Along with climate change, countries must address security and dependency issues, exacerbated factors such the COVID-19 pandemic, rising costs, conflicts between Russia Ukraine, political instability. Diversifyi...

Oil theft refers to the exploitation of crude oil or refined petroleum products for criminal purposes. In Mexico, theft—referred as huachicolero—is endemic and widespread. By framing it within energy security transition context, this paper offers a new perspective on problem in Mexico. Focusing petroleum, demonstrates that Mexico’s security—as framed around 4As (availability, accessibility, aff...