Информация для студентов 2022 года набора

Максимальное количество студентов: 300

Ограничения по программе: нет

Язык: английский

Дисциплины:

1. Energy through the ages. (Энергия сквозь века)
First uses of coal, oil and natural gas. Coal, the steam engine and the industrial revolution. Coal in the age of empires: Germany, Britain, and Russia. The emergence of the oil industry. First oil companies. John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil. Internal combustion engine and oil as a new energy source. Winston Churchill, the Royal Navy and Persian oil. The emerging structure of the oil industry: state-business relations. Oil in the First World War. Main centers of oil production: the Middle East, Caucasus, Southern US, South-East Asia and Romania. Oil in the Second World War. Romanian Oil and German military planning. The impact of oil deficit on German, Italian and Japanese military problems. Oil in the South East Asia, the US oil embargo and Pearl Harbor. The role of oil in Soviet military efforts. Two emerging models of managing the oil industry: command planning and market-driven. The role of international oil companies (IOCs) and national oil companies (NOCs). OPEC, OAPEC and the oil price shocks of the 1960s and the 1970s. The US-Saudi Arabia and the emergence of the petrodollar system. The evolution of the Soviet oil and gas industry. The Soviet oil and gas: emerging relations with Europe and the United States. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and its impact on the energy sector. Oil market dynamics in the 1980s-1990s. Perestroika, market reforms and the transformation of the post-Soviet oil and gas sector. 


2. Global Energy Governance: actors, institutions and frames (I) Глобальное энергетическое управление: действующие лица, институты и рамки (I)

Energy policy and the role of energy in international relations: theoretical approaches. International co-operation and conflicts in the energy field: a comparative assessment. The global energy outlook and the global energy architecture. OPEC and the evolution of the global oil market. Resource nationalism and oil as an energy weapon. Petrostates and the resource curse. International bodies and the energy sector: the United Nations structure, International Agency for Atomic Energy, International Energy Agency, International Renewable Energy Agency, WTO, G7, G20, the Energy Charter, SCO, BRICS, and the Arctic Council. "


3. Global Energy Governance: actors, institutions and frames (I) Глобальное энергетическое управление: действующие лица, институты и рамки (II)

International co-operation and conflict over climate change, clean energy, and the energy transition. Energy, coercive diplomacy and sanctions. Managing an international energy project: political risks and regulatory challenges. Managing foreign investments in energy projects: the case of Chinese companies in Africa and Central Asia.  Risks and challenges for a future global energy system. Energy and global production and transportation networks. Energy and the emerging security blocs. The new global energy order: trends and scenarios. "


4. Russia and the Global Energy Order. Россия и глобальный энергетический порядок.

Russia in the global energy architecture and the world economy. Russia, OPEC and the Middle East: the evolution of relations. US energy policy and its impact on Russia. Reformatting the Gas Market: Global and Regional Trends and Challenges for Russia. Climate change: trends, strategies and Russian realities. Renewable Energy and Energy Transition: Challenges for Russia. Russia and world nuclear energy: won't they catch up with us? Russia and the European Union: problems of energy relations. Russian energy and the Asia-Pacific region: the dynamics of relations. Russia and Central Asia: energy routes and transport arteries. Russia in the Caspian and the Black Sea region: Dynamics of Energy and Logistics. Russia and Africa: development of energy cooperation. Russia and Latin America: Energy Relations, Lessons and Opportunities. The Arctic and the Battle for new energy resources and transport opportunities. Russia and the New Global Energy Order: Scenarios and Strategies.