Overview
- Analyses the dramatic changes that the international political economy of energy has undergone in the past decade
- Outlines the impact of increased tension between Russia and the West
- Demonstrates compellingly why it can be said that geopolitics plays a larger role in today's world than it ever has previously
- Provides insight into how the EU can effectively deal with this
- Considers both European Union policy and the policies of individual European small states
Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Inside Out: Projecting EU Rules and Ideas
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Outside In: National Adaptations
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About this book
This edited collection 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.
Chapter 4 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Jakub M. Godzimirski is Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) in Oslo, Norway. He has been working on Russian foreign and security policy issues at NUPI for more than 20 years, paying special attention to the role of energy resources in Russian grand strategy. In addition he has worked on European policy and its impact on developments in Central and Eastern Europe, including Russian-European relations.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Political Economy of Energy in Europe
Book Subtitle: Power to Project, Power to Adapt
Editors: Jakub M. Godzimirski
Series Title: International Political Economy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93360-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93359-7Published: 11 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06646-8Published: 01 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93360-3Published: 21 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2662-2483
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2491
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 267
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Political Economy, European Politics, European Union Politics, Energy Policy, Economics and Management