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Energy, Security, and Diplomacy: Power Relations and Strategic Perspectives
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:13.03.2024 08:47:16
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SZF_110 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Political Science | 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, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | |||||
| Classes (count) | 15 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 30 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | A general understanding of the global economy, power relations, and diplomacy. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The course aims to review and analyze the trends and aspects of global and regional energy policies. This course focuses on the role of the USA in the global energy architecture, Russia's energy "weapons", the formation and implementation of the EU energy strategy, and the EU-Russia energy dialogue. It also evaluates the EU's expansion and the impact of new member states on EU energy policy and energy challenges. The course is intended for international students who, alongside their specialty courses, must also take the course "Latvian language"; therefore, they cannot fully take the course "Energy, Security, and Diplomacy: Power Relations and Strategic Perspectives" - 6 ECTS. | ||||||||
| 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 | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Russia's energy sector | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Russian energy diplomacy | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | EU energy policy: internal dimension | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | EU energy policy: external dimension | Classes | 2.00 | 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 | Literatūra pieejama angļu valodā, paredzēta ārvalstu studentiem | ||||||||
| 2 | British Petroleum. Energy Outlook, 2020 | ||||||||
| 3 | European Commission. Fourth Report on the State of the Energy Union, 2019 | ||||||||
| 4 | The Atlantic Council Report. Reform of the Global Energy Architecture, 2017 | ||||||||
| 5 | IRENA Global Energy Transformation: A Roadmap to 2050, 2018 | ||||||||
| 6 | Bud Coote. Impact of Sanctions on Russian Energy Sector. Atlantic Council Report, 2018 | ||||||||
| 7 | Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Russia-Ukraine transit talks: the risk to gas in Europe, 2019 | ||||||||
| 8 | Congressional Research Service. Nord Stream 2: A Fait Accompli? Report, 2019 | ||||||||
| 9 | Ramunas Vilpišauskas and others. Report, Energy Security in the Baltic Sea Region. Vilnius, 2015 | ||||||||
