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Combining theoretical reflections and empirical insights from paradigmatic case studies in the area of external energy governance, pipeline politics, Liquefied Natural Gas development and offshore petroleum policy and politics, this ground-breaking study demonstrates that a distinctive and new politics of energy security is definitively emerging in the European Union. Innovative not only in regard to the case studies presented (which include the Caspian region, the Baltic, Mediterrean countries, Central Asia and EU-Russia relations), but also in regard to the analytical framework adopted - an International Political Economy approach informed by an historical institutional perspective - the book challenges the common view of the 'de-politicisation' of energy security supported by the mainstream market approach and the power politics and 'zero-sum game' view supported by the geopolitical perspective. This book places the study of EU energy politics in the broader, evolving context of global energy markets and explores the complex interactions between EU and national political dynamics and between energy security and environmental concerns at the local level.
List of contents
1. Introduction
2. The Politics of EU External Energy Governance: the Caspian Sea Basin and Central Asia
3. The New Politics of Pipeline: from the North Stream to the Southern Gas Corridor 4. The Politics of LNG Development in Western and Eastern Europe
5. The Offshore Frontiers of Energy Security in the Mediterranean
6. Conclusion
About the author
Andrea Prontera is Assistant Professor of International Relations and EU Institutions and Policies in the Department of Political Science, Communication and International Relations at the University of Macerata, Italy. His main research interests and publications lie in the areas of international political economy, comparative public policy and energy policy.
Summary
The book places the study of EU energy politics in the broader evolving context of global energy markets and integrates the analysis of the external and internal dimensions of energy security.
