New Political Economy of Energy in Europe Power to Project, Power to Adapt

New Political Economy of Energy in Europe: Power to Project, Power to Adapt / Jakub M. Godzimirski, ed. Palgrave McMillan, September 2018 https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319933597

The book details and analyses the dramatic changes that the international political economy of energy has undergone in the past decade. This change began with the increasing assertiveness of Russia when the oil price rose above the $100 mark in 2008. This, combined with the rise of shale oil and gas, made the USA all but self-sufficient in terms of fossil fuels. The collapse of the oil price in 2014-15, Saudi Arabia’s new strategy of defending its market share and the increasingly tense and controversial relationship between the West and Russia all worked to further strengthen the geopolitical dimension of energy in Europe. The global result is a world in which geopolitics play a bigger part than ever before; the central question the authors of this volume grapple with is how the EU – and European small states – can deal with this.

Contents :

Introduction: The EU and the Changing (Geo)Politics of Energy in Europe / Jakub M. Godzimirski, Ole Gunnar Austvik

Inside Out: Projecting EU Rules and Ideas

• Regulatory or Market Power Europe? EU Leadership Models for International Energy Governance / Andreas Goldthau, Nick Sitter
• The EU’s Strategy Towards External Gas Suppliers and Their Responses: Norway, Russia, Algeria and LNG / Svein S. Andersen, Nick Sitter
• EU Climate and Energy Policy: New Challenges for Old Energy Suppliers / Indra Overland

Outside In: National Adaptations

• Channels of Influence or How Non-Members Can Influence EU Energy Policy / Jakub M. Godzimirski
• Norway: Small State in the Great European Energy Game / Ole Gunnar Austvik
• Germany’s Energiewende: Climate Change in Focus—Competitiveness and Energy Security Sidelined? / Kirsten Westphal
• Poland: Coping with the Challenges of Decarbonization and Diversification / Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Fyk
• The Baltics: Between Competition and Cooperation / Vija Pakalkaitė, Joshua Posaner

Conclusion: What Has the EU Achieved, and What Is in the Offing? / Jakub M. Godzimirski

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