External dimension of the European Energy Policy
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II. part
9. 4. 2014
EXTERNAL DIMENSION OF THE EEP – I. PART

ED EEP
¨Relations of the European Union with:
¤Producent countries (Norway, Russia)
¤Transit countries (Ukraine, Turkey)
¤Other consuments (China, India)
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¤Instruments of ED EEP:
¤Bilateral
¤Multilateral
¤Global
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Theoretical Reflections on (external) energy policy

Liberalism
Realism
Variants
Neo-liberal institutionalism
Neo- functionalism
Structural Realism
Intergovernmentalism
Actors
States are fragmented actors, EU, international organisations and oil companies
States are unitary actors and (economic) blocks
Practitioners
European Commission and European Parliament
Member states
Goals
Competitiveness, economic security of supply and environmental sustainability
Physical security of energy supply and geostrategic advantage
Policy Processes and Tools
Spillover, markets, institutions and soft power
Bilateral deals, Coercive diplomacy and hard power
Nature of  (external) energy Policy
Positive-sum
Zero - sum
EU vs. member states´ role
Maximum for EU, minimum for member states
Minimum for EU maximum for member states
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Theoretical Reflections on (external) energy policy
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¨Key points in debates between liberal and realist school of though :
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¤The role of the single market
¤ED EEP as a parallel to theoretical debates on the CFSP (Common Foreign and Security Policy)
¤(Non)Existence of  a multiplicity of significant actors
¤Role and weight of the EU as a supranational institution versus its member states in shaping
external energy policy
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Barents Sea Resource Diagram

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