Energy Dependence and Supply Security - Energy Law in the New Geopolitical Reality

Facing the threat of weaponization of energy trade and investment, this book assesses the implications on energy security of existing energy, trade, and investment laws. It examines the legal aspects governing the creation - and avoidance - of dangerous dependencies in the energy sector, using the 2022 energy crisis as a core example.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Energy Law and Infrastructure Dependencies


• 3: Neutralizing Infrastructure Disruptions


• 4: Energy Law and Supply Dependencies


• 5: Neutralizing Supply Disruptions


• 6: Managing New Energy Dependencies


• 7: Conclusion

About the author

Anatole Boute is a law professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, specialising in energy, climate, and investment law. He is the author of Energy Security along the New Silk Road (CUP 2019) and Russian Electricity and Energy Investment Law (Brill Nijhoff 2015), and is a member of the IBA Academic Advisory Group on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Law. He was admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2009, and regularly assists development banks, governments, and investors on questions of energy and climate regulation. His research on the energy crisis has garnered attention from media outlets including CNBC, Al Jazeera, CGTN, and the Financial Times.

Summary

Facing the threat of weaponization of energy trade and investment, this book assesses the implications on energy security of existing energy, trade, and investment laws. It examines the legal aspects governing the creation - and avoidance - of dangerous dependencies in the energy sector, using the 2022 energy crisis as a core example.

Product details

• Authors: Boute , Anatole Boute, Anatole (Professor Boute, Boute Anatole
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2023
• EAN: 9780198890478
• ISBN: 978-0-19-889047-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, LAW / Natural Resources, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, International economic & trade law, Public international law: economic and trade, Energy & natural resources law, Energy and natural resources law