Energy Security and the EU

Ing. Jamie Rubbi-Clarke

Master's thesis

Abstract:

This paper evaluates the current energy climate, with special reference to the EU, with the present energy arena defined by several key characteristics; high oil prices, the increasing dependence of the EU on imported energy, the increasing politicisation of energy, the growing demand of Asia, and the constant uncertainty surrounding many key producers and transit countries. It argues that the EU needs to produce a common energy policy, in order to maximise its leverage, a policy that should be uniting, not divisive, which should use its burgeoning foreign and security policy to help stabilise producer regions, and look further than the current reliance on oil and gas technologies. Several recommendations are produced, for different actors in the energy security arena, but perhaps mostly aimed in the direction of Brussels.

Keywords

energy security, oil, gas, EU, energy, EU policy

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 23. 5. 2006

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 13. 6. 2006
• Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Břetislav Dančák, Ph.D.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Social Studies

Master programme / field:
Political Science / European Politics (Eng.)