The aim of this course is to improve the students' ability to analyze the energy politics of states and to enable them to understand the current developments and the foreign policy decisions of the countries by including the energy factor.

This course aims to analyze the role of energy in the politics of states. Once the historical information on energy and the current status on energy reserves are examined, the concept of energy security is discussed. Regional studies such as the Middle East, the Caspian, the Balkans and the Black Sea, as well as country studies such as the EU, Turkey, Russia, USA and China are also being conducted.