Technologie a energetika jako nástroje velmocenské politiky

In the conditions of a deep energy crisis in European countries in 2021-2022, the problem of developing effective measures to solve it and combating the negative consequences of energy wars as a threat to the national security of European states has become particularly topical. Today, the main principles of the global system of energy security in the world are interdependence of producers, consumers, and transit countries, energy efficiency, harmonization of energy relations, and refusal to use energy resources as a political weapon. The development of nuclear energy would make it possible to significantly reduce the EU's dependence on fossil fuel imports and would solve a number of political problems related to import dependence and contribute to the accelerated implementation of the energy transition. Energy independence also enables a stronger position on the world political stage and thus is a necessary part of superpower status if the EU aspires to such status.