Energy resources or pure power.

Cercel, Mihai Ovidiu

Resources generally belong to a sole major player, usually the state or a company or corporation, that is to the shear power, and, if the latter has the vocation and the ability to assess and manage them properly, they can provide considerable benefits to those who own them.

The rightful owner of such property has the capacity to create a "space of appearances", to feign situations and tensions that turn favorable as regards the action to impose its prices and conditions to the beneficiary, who remains in a situation of compensatory and unilateral expectation.

The increase in energy interdependence regionalizes or sometimes even globalizes a subject that can degenerate into a political crisis of proportions, as resources have become pure power, resulting in domination, often recognized by those in a situation of crisis and institutional helplessness. It is a different type of power which manifests itself in a fragile geopolitical space, even a means to reach the goal proposed by defeating the resistance of those being in a deadlock in a given time.

See the case of Ukraine, and Russia's behavior towards it has over-excited the position of the European Community, regarding itself in the situation of desubstantializing its own continental politics considered as being ambiguous and without authority.

In the conditions of the current global crisis, of globalization and barbaric economy, the problem of energy resources gains another dimension which imposes in the very near future specific meanings of the concept of power and authority and will legitimate a new order world, inequality and various types of constraint. Experts consider that there are justified fears of oil depletion during the next period of time. Consequence of excessive fuel consumption in the world, 2017 will become critical for Germany and the U.S. in 2025, estimated experts in the field, because, unfortunately, were not yet identified alternatives or cheap energy.

In these circumstances, with scarce resources and needs increasing, political and structuralist analysis type provides a complex process of mobilization of various types of energy and the hierarchy of priorities in the field to avoid possible social convulsions, tension, customs and anarchy, because some countries already use coercitive resources as a means of imposing power.

Behold, the power can manifest in the basis of derivation of the needs principle and is obvious the fact that the satisfaction of needs requires a certain price, sometimes very delicate, affecting even the internal stability of a state.

It is clear that Russia, with its huge energy resources is a worldwide leader ship, a position that allows them to impose their own requirements in a stiff and overwrought competition. Despite this privileged status of Russia, more states impose economic and political supremacy in space, to obtain a substantial advantage in Moscow. "The International Herald Tribune" announced a few months ago, that in the full global crisis, China has concluded several agreements with Brazil and Venezuela in exchange of large amounts of resources naturale. Paralel with these contractual arrangements, China Developement Bank will lent Petroleras oil giant with 10 billion dollars to guarantee the purchase of 16,000 barrels per day at market price.

Also made public its intention to take "Lez Minerals" mining zinc company in Australia against payment of the 1.7 billion dollars. By another Chinese loan worth $ 6 billion benefit Venezuela, which has increased already exports oil to Beijing.

And in Russian space the Chinese loans are considerable: 25 billion dollars to oil companies Transneft and Rosvelt, instead of 15 billion tonnes of raw gas per year over the next 20 years.

Recently it has been opened the Xingiang pipeline linking Turkmenistan, a strategic corridor to work around Russia, the length of 1840 km, which will be subsequently extended to 7000 km to eastern China.

The appearance of this pipeline linking two states, Turkmenistan, wich reinforces the role of regional power in the energy and China wich will become in few years a global superpower, results in reducing the quantities of natural gas to the EU through Nabucco project, which still not materialize.

Through this pipeline, Turkmenistan supplies to China will be approximately 40 billion cubic meters of gas per year, for a period of 30 years, meaning actually, half the annual consumption of Chinei. Passing across three countries: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, this pipeline has a symbolic significance as it pursues the old "Silk Road", which link Europe to Central Asia. "The pipeline built on an ancient trade routes symbolizes friendship and cooperation.", said Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, beeing present at the opening of this pipeline.

The competitive rivalry for energy resources, Russia favors a continuously on, recognized as a great power through its ability to produce and distribute huge amounts of fuel and by its power of decision.

Not long ago, the Russian Federation signed a new agreement with Turkmenistan designed by a Russian company building of a pipeline through the Karakum desert, as an alternative to the European project Nabucco, in which gas from the Caspian area is to reach Europe, bypassing Russia, however. By this project will connect gas deposits in the Karakum Desert with the gas compression station at Ylauly.

This year, the Russian energy complex Gazprom acquired , with 400 million, 51% of the Serbian oil company NIS (Nafta Industrija Svbije), Russia having an increased visibility in several countries in South East Europe (Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova).

By aggregating resources from multiple states, Russia strengthens its leadership in Europe, for the reduction of 50 billion euros of the EU Nabucco project, the future of the pipeline, which is like an extension of the Baku-crossing Tbili and Evzerum, remains uncertain, adding to the lack of firm commitments by Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Iraq.

Today more than ever, possession and control of resources is an expression of actual possession of power which will generate a different behavior of states that depend on those who distribute these forms of energy, conducts that will result in unpredictable consequences and differences becoming deeper in international relations.