Contributions on the Determination of the Relationship among Globalization, Sustainable Development and Energy Security

The integrated approach to current security issues requires the study of human society by adopting the principle of sustainability for policies to be developed and applied according to economic, social and environmental impacts. The internationalization of economies raises a number of requirements for the application of this principle not only in domestic policies but also in external cooperation relations. Sustainability is thus a catalyst for internal and external political decisions, economic actions and public opinion to promote both new structural, institutional reforms and changes in production and consumption behaviours. The energy resources have permanently and overwhelmingly influenced the evolution of human society and its economic development, representing both a reason for cooperation and confrontation and disputes among the actors of the international system, while also shaping the economy, security, foreign policy and states priorities.