Page 1/23 Energy security and corruption in Central Asia as the main challenges for the European Union energy diversication policy Bojana Vasi ć ( bojana.vasic1@um.si ) University of Maribor Ivan Peki ć Municipality of Bar, Communal Police and Inspection Service Goran Š imi ć University of Defence Research Article Keywords: Energy security, Corruption perception, Governance effectiveness, Central Asia, Germany Posted Date: May 29th, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2980959/v1 License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Additional Declarations: No competing interests reported. Version of Record: A version of this preprint was published at Energy, Sustainability and Society on August 19th, 2023. See the published version at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-023-00406-3.