В формате эссе на английском языке ответить на следующие вопросы
Is this country energy sufficient or energy dependent? To what extent? What specific issues and fuels should be considered in this light?
What definition(s) best describes this country: producer, consumer, or important transit country?
What fuels dominate the country’s energy mix and electricity generation? What are implications of these consumption structures?
What issues are the most important for this country’s energy security agenda? If you find no answer in some text, please try to deduce these issues logically using my first lecture (especially notions about different meanings of energy security for producers, consumers, and transit countries).
What policy does this country adhere: energy nationalism, energy liberalism, or something in-between?
What are the major energy companies? Do they have significant political power?
What are the key conditions for foreign companies’ participation in this country’s energy sector?
What are the most important issues related to energy production?
What are the most important issues related to energy transportation?
What are the most important issues in relations between energy companies, the state, and the public? Are there some serious conflicts? Are there some conflicts between a researched state and other states caused by energy issues (e.g. overlapping claims for deposits, transit issues etc.)?
To what extent energy poverty can be considered as a serious issue for this country?
What is the role of renewables in this country’s energy consumption? Does this country have a pronounced policy to support consumption of renewables (e.g. investments, tax benefits, official programs etc.)?
Does this country participate in energy-related international organizations actively?
What are the most serious energy-related environmental issues that this country faces? What has been done to mitigate the damage?
What is this country’s attitude towards the climate change issues? Does this country participate actively in the relevant international agreements and programmes?