On March 1, 2022, the American magazine Forbes ran the headline: “The Ukraine crisis is a wake-up call for energy security”. Eight years earlier, in a memo published on May 28, 2014, on the same day it released a communication on European energy security strategy, the European Commission also referred to the “wake-up call” provided by “recent geopolitical events, i.e. the crisis in Ukraine” and even previously by “temporary disruptions of gas supplies in the winters of 2006 and 2009”. These events have notably created news fears about European dependence and resilience to energy supply shocks.
Since the oil shocks of the 1970s, energy security has become a major area of public concern. This interdisciplinary course will offer a comprehensive introduction to energy security, touching upon economic markets, political strategy, and even technological developments. It will introduce students to global trends in energy supply and demand, exchanges and prices. It will provide an overview of the diversity of measures taken to promote energy security, with a specific emphasis on the European Union and member states. It will finally consider scenarios for the future in the context of calls for an energy transition.
Annie JAFALIAN
Séminaire
English
Autumn 2022-2023
The course will be subject to three evaluations: an oral presentation in pairs on a given topic; a teamwork through an Oxford-style debate; an individual paper (a country brief).
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