Russia, the Middle East and Asia in the Changing Global Energy Order

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

6

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

School of International Affairs

Course type:

Elective course

When:

Instructor

Yenikeyeff, Shamil

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course seeks to explore the transformation of the global energy order and the changing energy strategies of producing nations of the Middle East and Russia and of energy consuming nations of Asia.

Learning Objectives

• The goals of the course: - to present an assessment of the changing global energy order; - to demonstrate the main trends of energy policies and strategies of individual countries and companies; - to present a set of comparative cases of the changing global energy architecture.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Explains the main difference between theoretical approaches to international energy issues.
• Examines the global energy order and its intuitions.
• Describes the main competing approaches to the study of world politics and international relations: neorealism, neoliberalism and constructivism
• Analyzes the features of political systems in their interaction with energy policy
• Mentions non-market aspects of the global energy industry
• Examines the role of the IEA, the IAEA and the IRENA in the regulation of the energy sector
• Analyzes the relationship between domestic and external energy policy components in large developing countries
• Analyzes the relationship between domestic and external energy policy components in oil-producing developing countries
• Analyzes the relationship between domestic and external energy policy components in OECD countries
• Explains the "oil curse" in politics and political economy of energy rich nations
• Explains the political and geopolitical vulnerability of the global oil market
• Explains the global LNG market and its geopolitical and geoeconomic aspects
• Explains the role of the water and energy problem as a key structure-forming axis of the region's policy
• Explains the environmental dimension of energy policy
• Describes the history, functions and activities of OPEC and its impact on the oil market
• Describes the emerging role of BRICS and SCO in in the field of energy
• Analyzes several country studies in explaining the drivers of their energy policies and relations with other countries
• Presents trends and scenarios of the transforming global energy order

Course Contents

• 1. Institutions of the global energy order.
• 2. Energy transition and renewable energy.
• 3. Changing energy alliances: trends and scenarios.
• 4. Drivers of domestic energy policies.
• 5. Export markets and export routes.
• 6. Geopolitics and geoeconomics of energy.
• 7. Industry-specific challenges.
• 8. Energy in Northeast Asia.
• 9. LNG and Arctic energy issues.
• 10. Sino-Russian energy issues.
• 11. Russia and OPEC
• 12. The energy role of BRICS and SCO.
• 13. Energy relations between Saudi Arabia, Iran, Qatar, Russia and China
• 14. Caspian and Central Asian energy.

Assessment Elements

• Lecture attendance
• Exam
• Seminar work
  Questions for preparation are announced to students on the eve of the seminar.
• Essay

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 2nd module
  0.2 * Essay + 0.4 * Exam + 0.1 * Lecture attendance + 0.3 * Seminar work

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Alpina - 18896 - Д.Ергин - Добыча: Всемирная история борьбы за нефть, деньги и власть - 9785961415384 - Альпина Паблишер - 2019 - https://hse.alpinadigital.ru/book/18896
• Звягельская, И. Д. Ближний Восток и Центральная Азия: Глобальные тренды в региональном исполнении : монография / И. Д. Звягельская. — Москва : Аспект Пресс, 2018. — 224 с. — ISBN 978–5–7567–0990–2. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/115621 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Ергин Д. - В поисках энергии : Ресурсные войны, новые технологии и будущее энергетики - Альпина Паблишер - 2017 - ISBN: 978-5-9614-4379-0 - Текст электронный // ЭБС ZNANIUM - URL: https://znanium.com/catalog/document?id=398183
• Линник, Ю. Н., Нефть и газ: от поиска и разведки до переработки : монография / Ю. Н. Линник, В. Ю. Линник. — Москва : Русайнс, 2020. — 410 с. — ISBN 978-5-4365-6547-7. — URL: https://book.ru/book/940414 (дата обращения: 27.08.2024). — Текст : электронный.

Authors

• ENIKEEV SHAMIL MIDKHATOVICH