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Energy & democracy / Comment

Development, security and energy: improving coherence

02/10/2008 By Amelia Hadfield, Richard Youngs

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The ethos of EU development policy is changing. Incorporating both political and security goals, EU development co-operation has taken on a more holistic identity. It is increasingly linked to more ambitious outcomes in which good governance, human rights, conflict resolution and the challenges of sustainability all play a part.

This widened scope provides a platform to engage with EU policy on energy security. This document, funded under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities theme of EDC2020 and co-ordinated by EADI, provides a snapshot of the policy connections linking development, broad security goals and specific energy objectives.

Can the EU effectively manage a policy nexus between securitised development and energy security? It certainly has the potential to do so. But fundamental policy changes are required before it can claim to be on the road towards this goal.


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Bio author: Amelia Hadfield

Amelia Hadfield joined the Department of Politics and international Relations (University of Kent) in 2004 after completing her doctorate. She has participated in roundtable discussions on Europe for the BBC and provided expertise for a number of British, European and Middle Eastern newspaper articles and she is the convener of the newly established Energy Analysis Group. She is also responsible for the BA in Politics and International Relations with French (Bidiplôme), and the BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in Europe.

Bio author: Richard Youngs

Richard Youngs is Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Democratisation programme at FRIDE. He also lectures at the University of Warwick in the UK. He studied at Cambridge (BA Hons) and Warwick (MA, PhD) universities.