ABSTRACT
This chapter reflects on the different methods and approaches that the literature uses to make sense of energy security. It briefly discusses the qualitative and quantitative methods used to define energy security, in addition to the theorization of energy security and the search for the underlying logics behind energy security. In short, the first part argues that the search for a definition of energy security might repeatedly add new variables, but does not provide any reasons as to why it constantly proliferates. Moreover, from a performative perspective the use of current methods and theories does not offer an objective reading but helps shape a specific form of energy security. In fact, this chapter argues that the search for a central definition of what energy security is hides its real-world multiplicity and inhibits a broader political understanding of energy security and its underlying social processes.
