ENERGY SECURITY

PSIR562

Course Code: PSIR562
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Süleyman Sezgin Mercan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn the basics of economic and political dimensions of the concept of energy.
Analyze the basic factors that form the energy policies by learning the percentages of different energy sources in the primary energy consumption, their geographical distributions, the main producing and consuming countries and the impact of these facts on international relations.
Evaluate energy policies of the main actors (like the US,EU,Russia,China,OPEC etc.) and the effects of their policies on international relations.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme components.

Course Description

Energy security is the sustainable availability of energy services required by the economy. It is required to take precautions against the possible scarcity risks during the supply of these services. The role of diversification policies followed for providing energy needs is crucial for the countries that have limited natural resources to sustain their economic developments. The objective of this course is to study the threats towards energy security in the world in general and in Turkey in particular. Within this framework, the main objective is to introduce the fundamentals of global energy security, to increase students' knowledge about the main actors and institutions in energy and about the new energy system and provide them with the ability to analyze energy trends. In addition, hydropolitics, the usage of water resources, distribution of water reserves in the world and in the regions, history of oil and its distribution according to countries will also be included in the course.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Definition of Energy, the International Dimension and Importance of Energy
2^nd Week	Global Distribution of Energy Resources
3^rd Week	Energy Statistics
4^th Week	Energy Efficiency and the Concepts of Sustainable Energy
5^th Week	The Concept of Energy Security I
6^th Week	The Concept of Energy Security II
7^th Week	Pipeline Policies and Eurasian Diplomacy
8^th Week	U.S. Energy Policy
9^th Week	Energy Policy of the Russian Federation
10^th Week	Energy Security in the Middle East and the Caspian Region
11^th Week	EU Energy Policies
12^th Week	Turkey?s Energy Policy
13^th Week	Turkey?s Current Energy Policy
14^th Week	What Kind of Energy Policy Should Turkey Develop?

Recommended or Required Reading

Richard Youngs, Energy Security: Europe's New Foreign Policy Challenge (Routledge Advances in European Politics), Routledge, 2009.
Michael T. Klare, Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy, New York: Metropolitan Books, 2008.
Daniel Yergin, The Prize: the Epic Quest for Oil, Money, & Power, Free Press, 1993.
Maureen S. Crandall, Energy, Economics, & Politics in the Caspian Region, Praeger, 2006.
Jan H. Kalicki & David L. Goldwyn, (Eds.) , Energy and Security: Toward a New Foreign Policy Strategy , Washington, DC: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Hugo McPherson ( ed.) , Emerging Threats to Energy Security and Stability , Springer , 2005.
Bruce Podobnik , Global Energy Shifts : Fostering Stability in a Turbulent Age , Temple University Press : Philadelphia , 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Presentation
Other

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Project	2	50
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	6	84
Preparation for Final exam	1	70	70
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework
Project	2	55	110
Total Work Load			309
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.3
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X
K2		X	X
K3
K4		X	X
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7		X	X
K8