Open AccessMitigating Risks of Hybrid War: Search for an Effective Energy Strategyin The Baltic States
Author(s) -
Arūnas Molis,
Claudia Palazzo,
Kaja Ainsalu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal on baltic security./journal on baltic security
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2382-9230
pISSN - 2382-9222
DOI - 10.2478/jobs-2018-0009
Subject(s) - blackout , situation awareness , baltic sea , maritime security , computer security , electricity , energy security , realm , critical infrastructure , domain (mathematical analysis) , business , computer science , economy , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , political science , electric power system , renewable energy , economics , mathematics , law , aerospace engineering , mathematical analysis , oceanography , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , physics , electrical engineering , geology
Meanwhile, energy security is threatened in new domains – maritime and cyber. In the maritime domain, military operations target construction works of the new objects as well as operating interconnectors, cables, LNG terminals, and other strategic assets. Regular situational awareness in the Baltic Sea region is lacking, as is sufficient naval and civilian maritime cooperation. In the cyber realm attacks become more frequent and more complex, critical infrastructure being the main target. As cyber security expertise and exercise are lacking and integration into European natural gas and electricity systems is not completed, blackout scenario in the Baltic States remains possible.