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Energy, Security and Diplomacy: Power Relations and Strategic Perspectives
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:09.02.2024 10:57:54
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | PZK_157 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 5.00 | ECTS: | 7.50 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
Course Supervisor: | Andris Sprūds | ||||||||
Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
Study Course Planning | |||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
Study course description | |||||||||
Preliminary Knowledge: | General understanding of international economy, power relations and diplomacy. | ||||||||
Objective: | The aim of the course is to analyse the development trends and various aspects of global and regional energy policy, security and diplomacy. The course focuses on global energy architecture and power relations. The energy strategies of the United States, Russia and European Union are examined. The geopolitical and energy challenges and opportunities of smaller countries are also contextualized in a wider context of power relations. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Global energy trends: "resource century" and "great games" | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Global energy architecture and geopolitics | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Russia's energy sector | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
4 | Russian energy diplomacy | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | EU energy policy: internal dimension | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
6 | EU energy policy: external dimension | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
7 | EU new member states energy policies: between "old" Europe and Russia | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
8 | Conclusions. Latvian energy policy: security and diplomacy | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | Students engage into literature review and assessment and prepare analytical opinion piece and presentation on respective theme. | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | Assessment criteria: study course grade is based on the following requirements and grading criteria: Active participation during classes: 30% Analytical opinion piece: 15% Presentation of the onion piece: 15% Test: 20% Exam: 20% | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | Students will be able to characterise international aspects of energy issues and related power relations. Students will be able to analyse energy policy from the perspective of national security and diplomacy. Students will be able to identify energy security strategies of international actors. | ||||||||
Skills: | Students will be able to demonstrate professional presentation skills and opinion formulation and expression in an international setting. | ||||||||
Competencies: | Students will demonstrate the ability to carry out independent research and interdisciplinary analysis. Students will demonstrate the ability to analyse the role of international actors and characterise the priorities and instruments of energy policy. | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | British Petroleum, Energy Outlook, 2020 | ||||||||
2 | European Commission, Fourth Report on the State of the Energy Union, 2019 | ||||||||
3 | The Atlantic Council Report, Reform of the Global Energy Architecture, 2017 | ||||||||
4 | IRENA, Global Energy Transformation: A Roadmap to 2050, 2018 | ||||||||
5 | Bud Coote, Impact of Sanctions on Russian Energy Sector, Atlantic Council Report, 2018 | ||||||||
6 | Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Russsia-Ukraine transit talks: the risk to gas in Europe, 2019 | ||||||||
7 | Cogressional Research Service, Nord Stream 2: A Fait Accompli? Report, 2019 | ||||||||
8 | Ramunas Vilpišauskas and others, Report, Energy Security in the Baltic Sea Region, Vilnius, 2015 |