Energy security is arguably one of the most widely discussed topics in today’s world in general and in Europe in particular. In fact, the European Union faces a mounting challenge as it has to cope with a growing dependency on Russian gas. Excessive dependency has always been a problem entailing a wide range of security risks. Indeed, these risks can take on many forms such as political pressure applied by a supplier, internal political instability of a supplier, interruption in the production of supplies due to technical difficulties or geopolitical consideration. Similarly, the same can very well be said about transit countries. (fragment)