Decarbonisation of the Czech energy sector through the prism of the new energy geopolitics of the EU (focusing on gas dependence)

The decarbonisation of the EU's energy sector has been a planned process, in which significant changes will take place in the Member States; this is of particular importance for the Czech Republic, an energy-intensive economy dependent on fossil fuel imports. Due to the current unprecedented geopolitical crisis and the related significant threat to the EU, this process is also distinctly gaining a security dimension in the logic of power. The Project focuses on the intersection of security paradigms with energy policy by developing scenarios focusing on the EU's relations with suppliers to the EU (particularly the Russian Federation) and major transit countries. In terms of theoretical contributions, the project is based on the concept of a new energy geopolitics that overcomes a rationalist approach to energy transformation by engaging critical geopolitics and recognising the fundamental importance of discourse.