Energy Security: The Nexus of National Security Strategy and Energy Policy

摘要

Initiatives to ensure U.S. energy needs are met should be delineated within the framework of national security strategy. Energy, primarily in the form of petroleum, is the lifeblood of the economic engine that sustains western societies. The future of United States National Security is intertwined with that of a secure energy supply. Access to adequate energy supplies for all is necessary to build and sustain the favorable world order that is a cornerstone of United States National Security. There is no longer room in the current world and national economic reality to afford the partitioning of energy interests outside those of the United States National Security. Nor can the United States afford a lack of interagency cooperation in achieving these goals. From that perspective, policy recommendations are made to enhance United States National Security.