| WEEK # | TOPICS | DISCUSSIONS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to course (PDF) | |
| 2 | The global energy industry - companies and governments; markets and politics (PDF) | |
| 3 | The global energy balance - present status, future trends, and strategic responses (PDF) | |
| 4 | Markets, cartels, and consumers - resource nationalism and resource mercantilism (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 5 | Resource nationalism and market power (I) - OPEC and the challenges (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 6 | Resource nationalism and market power (II) - Iran, Iraq, and the future of hydrocarbon production in the Persian Gulf (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 7 | Resource nationalism and market power (III) - Russia, the Post-Soviet Space, and Europe (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 8 | Resource nationalism and market power (IV) - Russia and Asia (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 9 | Resource mercantilism - China, India, and Japan (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 10 | Energy battlegrounds (I) - energy and regional security in East Asia The international energy agency and the future of consumer cooperation New prospects for producer - consumer cooperation (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 11 | Energy battlegrounds (II) - Central Asia, the Caspian Basin, and Iran (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 12 | Energy battlegrounds (III) - the United States, Canada, and Latin America | |
| 13 | The geopolitics of energy and U.S. foreign policy - managing energy interdependence (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 14 | The geoeconomics of energy and U.S. foreign policy - energy, currency, and the future of America's global leadership (PDF) |