US energy policy after 2001: A comparative analysis of the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations

This thesis maintains that the energy security policies practiced following the 9/11 attacks which constitute a quite significant breaking point in the US foreign policy, have a quite determining role in and impact on US foreign policy during the course of the three presidents, notwithstanding the different cults they belong to; as well as that the various energy security policy approaches embraced in the post-2001 era still continue. In this framework; first, the post-2001 US energy policies during the Bush, Obama and Turmp administrations are elucidated, to be followed by a comparative account on the energy policies in the said periods. Lastly, the energy policies during the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations are evaluated in the framework Neorealism and Neoliberalism. In the final analysis, projections pertaining to the possible future energy security approaches of the US are briefly touched upon.