ESSn5026 EU External Energy Policy

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Velička Zapletalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Nikita Minin, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Břetislav Dančák, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! ESS426 EU External Energy Policy && !NOW( ESS426 EU External Energy Policy )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course External Dimensions of the European Energy Policy (ED EEP) focuses primarily on the issue of the security of EU energy supply. Unlike, for example, building a common market or combating climate change, this is an area that has been standing somewhat in the shadow of a broader energy debate within the EU in recent years. However, the debate on the formation and supranationalisation of the ED EEP significantly intensified due to the EU's increasing dependence on supplies from third countries, expansion of the EU to the east, instability in many producing countries, changes in global energy markets, etc. The primary objective of the course is to capture the basic (problematic) traits in this debate and also provide students with an overview of how the EU forms energy relations beyond its borders. The course also places great emphasis on active participation of students in the classroom, which is reflected not only in the writing of individual opinion essays, but is particularly noticeable in the final stage of the course in the so-called negotiation game.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students should identify and examine the most topical issues and trends of the security of EU energy supply.
Syllabus
  • 1) INTRODUCTORY LESSON 2) THE EU AS A GLOBAL ENERGY ACTOR I. 3) THE EU AS A GLOBAL ENERGY ACTOR II. 4) ENERGY UNION – TOWARDS THE SUPRANATIONALISATION OF THE ED EEP? 5) HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ED EEP 6) EU-RUSSIA ENERGY RELATIONS 7) MULTILATERAL DIMENSION OF THE ED EEP 8) EU-U.S. ENERGY RELATIONS 9) EU-CHINA ENERGY RELATIONS 10) NEGOTIATION GAME I. 11) NEGOTIATION GAME II. 12) EU AND ISSUES OF TRANSIT COUNTRIES 13) COURSE SUMMARY AND EARLY EXAM
Literature
  • EU leadership in energy and environmental governance : global and local challenges and responses. Edited by Jakub M. Godzimirski. First published. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, xvi, 229. ISBN 9781137502759. info
  • TALUS, Kim. Introduction to EU energy law. First edition published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, x, 180. ISBN 9780198791829. info
  • Toward a common European Union energy policy : progress, problems, and prospects. Edited by Vicki L. Birchfield - John S. Duffield. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, xii, 289. ISBN 9780230113190. info
  • HAGHIGHI, Sanam S. Energy security : the external legal relations of the European Union with major oil- and gas-supplying countries. Oxford: Hart, 2007, xxx, 480. ISBN 9781841137285. info
Teaching methods
The course will combine lectures and seminars. The conditions for passing the course are as follows: Five opinion essays, Oral exam, and Preparation and participation in the negotiation game.
Assessment methods
Five opinion essays, Oral exam, Preparation and participation in the negotiation game.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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