20/10/2026
🆕 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨-𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧: “𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲: 𝐀 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧-𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧” 🖊
Energy security has long been central to national survival, economic development, and military capability. As Harold Lasswell famously suggested, international politics often reduces to the question of “who gets what oil, when and how.” Throughout the twentieth century, access to oil shaped military innovation, determined wartime outcomes, and reconfigured global power hierarchies. This paper traces the evolution of oil’s strategic role and applies this framework to a comparative analysis of China and Taiwan. Despite profound political differences, both confront the same structural imperative: securing sufficient energy to sustain growth and prepare for potential conflict. The study argues that China has pursued a coherent strategy of diversification and resilience, whereas Taiwan’s energy choices have produced structural vulnerabilities with direct implications for Cross-Strait security. The hybrid academic–policy approach adopted here provides both theoretical grounding and actionable insights for policymakers. The paper provides recommendations for Taiwan, China and foreign actors.
👉 The bulletin is available at: https://en.euroatlantic.org/euro-atlantic-bulletin/
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