Expeditionary energy economics (e3): the securitization of energy entrepreneurship during megacity counterinsurgencies (a NATO perspective)

Abstract

The rapid urbanization around the world has generated a tremendous interest in the study of megacity insurgencies. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new field of study-of expeditionary energy economics (e3)-that addresses energy management in the military expeditionary environment (EMMEE), particularly through the promotion of (global/ local) entrepreneurship. This study argues that successful megacity counterinsurgency (COIN) campaigns of the twenty-first century will depend on fast solutions to critical energy infrastructure (CEI) vulnerabilities within individual communities. The implementation of e3 requires that COIN practitioners have a basic understanding of community-based entrepreneurship (CBE), high-risk/high-impact innovation (HRH2I), and the CEI that these individual communities rely upon. Empirical evidence is also discussed to support a proposed e3 definition.

Pro-Environmental Energy Behavior in the Military: Assessing Behavior Change Factors at a Selected Military Unit

“…Institutionally favorable environment that forces military transition towards the pro-environmental energy behavior is reflected as a collective action. So far, many studies focused on technical solutions for reducing energy usage [33,39,40] and enabling decision makers [5,14,41] and individual soldiers [10,24] to save energy. It appears that this research for the first-time underlines collectivity and connects individual and collective pro-environmental energy behavior into one measurable construct.…”

“…In addition, a portion of research, technology, and innovation (RTI) projects in military and defense are focused on energy and particularly on renewable energy solutions. In general, three key factors that affect energy usage can be listed: energy generation technologies, energy management, and energy data collection and analysis systems together with energy behavior at military units [4,5]. Resonating with an overall trend in energy transition towards pro-environment energy usage [6][7][8], military RTI initiatives stress on technological solutions.…”