International competition over energy resources and their routes in the Eastern Mediterranean

Abstract

The study concludes that international competition over energy resources and their transport routes in the Eastern Mediterranean represents one of the most prominent features of geostrategic transformations in the contemporary international system, as energy has become an effective instrument for enhancing influence and reordering balances of power. The findings show that the importance of the region is not limited solely to the size of its gas resources, but also to its potential role in redirecting supply routes and diversifying energy sources for major international powers, a development that has contributed to the complexity of political and security interactions and transformed the Eastern Mediterranean into an arena for the intersection of international interests. Accordingly, the future of stability in the region is determined by the ability of international and regional actors to manage this competition within frameworks of balanced interests and to avoid sliding into open conflicts.