Aleh Cherp

TL;DR: A different concept of energy security as ‘low vulnerability of vital energy systems’ is proposed, which opens the road for detailed exploration of vulnerabilities as a combination of exposure to risks and resilience and of the links between vitalEnergy systems and critical social functions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a meta-theoretical framework for analyzing national energy transitions by considering three types of systems: energy flows and markets, energy technologies, and energy-related policies.

TL;DR: In this article, three distinct perspectives on energy security have emerged: the "sovereignty" perspective with its roots in political science, the "robustness" perspective in natural science and engineering, and the "resilience" perspective from economics and complex systems analysis.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a framework to evaluate energy security under long-term energy scenarios generated by integrated assessment models, defined as low vulnerability of vital energy systems, delineated along geographic and sectoral boundaries.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider governance systems as complex and historically rooted "arenas" coevolving with the energy issues they address and argue that effective global energy governance requires striking a tenuous balance between the determination and efficiency needed to drive energy transitions with the flexibility and innovation necessary to deal with complexity and uncertainty.