Energy Security and the EU

Ing. Jamie Rubbi-Clarke

Diplomová práce

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

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 23. 5. 2006

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 13. 6. 2006
• Vedoucí: doc. PhDr. Břetislav Dančák, Ph.D.

Masarykova univerzita

Fakulta sociálních studií

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Politologie / European Politics (angl.)