MVZ441 Energy Security in Era of Globalization

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Břetislav Dančák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Filip Černoch, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 U42
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic elements, concepts and facts of the issue of energy security. Due to growing energy consumption of the world economy and declining volume of accessible energy resources there is a considerable influence of the energy-security policies and questions to the area of international relations. Thanks to successful completion of the course students will be able to analyze actors and characteristics of energy-security policies of the global energy security system and evaluate the processes within this system. At the end of the course they will also be able to work with information on the related energy issues, analyse the main global energy trends and formulate solid evaluation of the potential and/or problems of the basic energy resources such as oil, gas and coal for the different regions and countries of the developed and underdeveloped world.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction to the course 2) Definition and the conceptualization of the term "energy security", historical development of this concept. 3) Geology of the energy resources I. 4) Geology of the energy resources II. 5) Oil: A historical perspective I. 6) Oil: A historical perspective II. 7) Oil market 8) Reading week 9) Natural gas: The new energy resource of the 21. century? 10) Natural gas market 11) Production and the distribution of the electricity 12) Challenges to the world energy system I. 13) Challenges to the world energy system II.
Literature
  • Ekonomika nerostných surovin (skripta VŠB-TU Ostrava) (http://geologie.vsb.cz/loziska/publikace/ekonomika%20NS.jpg)
  • Ložiska energetických surovin (http://geologie.vsb.cz/loziska/loziska/loziska_energetickych_surov.html)
  • The Geopolitics of Natural Gas, Baker Institute Policy Report No.29, 2005. (http://www.rice.edu/energy/publications/PolicyReports/study_29.pdf).
  • Zpráva NEK („Pačesova komise“) (http://www.vlada.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=42575)
  • Yergin, D. (March/April 2006): Ensuring Energy Security. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 85, No. 2, s. 69–82.
  • Taylor, Jerry; VanDoren, Peter (2002): An Oil Embargo Won´t Work, Cato Institute, 2002. On-line (http://www.cato.org/dailys/04-24-02.html).
  • Emerging global energy security risks. Geneva: United Nations, 2007, vii, 103. ISBN 9789211169751. URL info
  • • BURNS, C. Beyond the Middle East: In Search of Energy Security. 2003. URL info
  • • COON, C. E. Strengthening National Energy Security by Reducing Dependence on Imported Oil. 2002. URL info
  • YERGIN, Daniel. The prize : the epic quest for oil, money, and power. New York: Free Press, 1992, 877, xxxii. ISBN 0671799320. info
Teaching methods
Lectures involve class discussions and require active participation; position papers improve the ability of students to summarize an issue in the field of energy security; seminar papers improve the ability of students to analyze particular energy issues; readings serve to broaden and deepen the spectrum of knowledge students acquire during lectures.
Assessment methods
Written test (midterm and final); composition of position papers; composition of a seminar paper; active participation in class.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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