Energy security economic efects and politics hegemonia

According to this study, provision of energy security and maintaining national security are one of the most important goals for countries around the world. Especially in industrialized countries, energy is a matter of national security, as energy is the main basis in economy and all aspects of life. Therefore, it is not unusual for states to use political and military means to ensure its energy security. Establishing a US base near to oil and gas reserves in the Caspian Sea in 2001 US war in Afghanistan was one of the undeclared targets of this war. After a while, US was trying to control Iraq's oil reserves through its war on Iraq. For these reasons, the US was able to control Middle East and still trying to control other global energy reserves to remain dominant country in the world. Likewise, those who control energy sources can dominate the world economy. On the other hand, EU countries were trying to end the Russian monopoly on European energy market by accessing oil and natural gas reserves in the Caspian region. When EU, was trying to build its pipeline from Caspian Sea via Turkey, in 2008, Russia declared the war on Georgia as it was concerned about its energy security and invaded the Crimea in Ukraine for the same reason. Lately Russia went to a military intervention in Syria to prevent the pipeline supply from Qatar and Iran to the European Union. Thus, both the US and Russia have entered into a competition to protect its pipelines and energy projects in Syria, and this shows that the intention to intervene in Syria was not only for political reasons.