Assignment
Please help me in answering the following questions for my referenced PPT presentation and its extended term paper in ENERGY & GEOPOLITICS:
1. Discuss whether gas, coal and nuclear energy are about to replace oil as the main energy source.
2. What geopolitical recommendations would you make to your government to secure the supply of energy resources? Why would you make such recommendations?
3. What is the "Olduvai Theory", what can we learn from it, and how could a nation avoid it?
4. If you were the CEO of an energy company, what policies, based on your geopolitical understanding, would you recommend for the viability of your company? (You will need to argue these policies based on your declared geopolitics in the paper.)
5. Alternative energy geopolitics can't replace fossil fuels' geopolitics. Discuss
6. Discuss how the future of civilization lies in dealing with the energy problem at both ends - both geopolitics and innovative technology in a restructured society.
7. Energy superpowers will rule the world. Discuss from an energy geopolitical perspective.
8. Energy exporting countries, except for Russia, will not become superpowers? Critically consider the geopolitical implications of such a statement.
9. Oil will stay cheap for some decades yet. Discuss whether this is likely and what the geopolitical implications are of your stance.
10. What are the geopolitical implications for the international competition for resources in the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Basin or Africa?
11. Consider the implications of "Peak Oil" for world geopolitics and potential civilization clash.
12. How can the "World Island" help us to geopolitically understand the future geopolitical forces of energy?