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Zusatztext "This book investigates how deep changes in the world of global energy are adding to the profound political and economic crises and conflicts of the Middle East and North Africa. Examining this interplay from numerous angles! the book's findings provide very important insights into this extremely complex and volatile part of the world." - Dr. h.c. Gernot Erler! Former Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office."The problematic nexus between energy and politics lies at the heart of developments in the Middle East and North Africa today. The ambition of this book is to explore that nexus comprehensively! in all its complex dimensions: domestic and international; and social! economic and political. No other major work has attempted so wide-ranging an analysis. The remarkable achievement of the book is that it integrates the diverse elements effectively! providing an?interpretation which significantly advances our understanding of this complex and highly Important region." - Professor Timothy C. Niblock! University of Exeter! UK."This is a comprehensive study of the dynamics between geopolitics and energy! specifically between 2010 and 2016! which fills a gap in current research. It addresses the recent shifts in politics and societies in the energy sector! looking at geopolitics and energy and their dynamics in the MENA region. An extremely timely and relevant work." - Professor Volker Perthes! Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik! German Institue for International and Security Affairs! Berlin. Informationen zum Autor David Ramin Jalilvand works with the Middle East and North Africa department of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation in Berlin. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin, examining the role of the energy sector in the political economy of Iran. He earned an MSc in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Government Studies from Erfurt University. During his undergraduate studies, he spent one year at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations. He specializes in energy and international politics, especially in the Middle East. Kirsten Westphal is Senior Associate at the German Institute for Politics and Security in Berlin (SWP). In the Global Issues Division, she works on international energy relations and energy security issues. Her expertise are in global energy issues and security of supply (oil and gas); renewables; international energy governance; non-conventional oil and gas; EU foreign energy relations with the USA, Russia, Caspian Region, MENA; and emerging powers Brazil, China, India, and South Africa. Zusammenfassung Energy producing countries are experiencing severe pressures that present their policy-makers with fundamental challenges. The expert international contributors in this volume engage with these issues to explore the changes in global and regional energy as well as the political and economic challenges resulting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction David Ramin Jalilvand and Kirsten Westphal Chapter 1 – Regional trends after the dissolution of "old orders" in the Middle East and North Africa Guido Steinberg and Isabelle Werenfels Chapter 2 – The Price War, OPEC and the Future of the MENA Region Giacomo Luciani Chapter 3 – Global Gas and LNG markets: The role for MENA countries Anne-Sophie Corbeau Chapter 4 – Renewable Energy: a recent, but dynamic trend in the MENA region Sybille Röhrkasten and Mohammed Qader Chapter 5 – The energy-climate-water nexus in the MENA region and the need for an integrate approach Thomas Fink and Manfred Fischedick Chapter 6 – Oil and Resilience: Changing Energy Dynamics and the Smaller Gulf States Laura El-Katiri Chapter 7 – Iranian energy between Nuclear Deal and Oil Price Decline David...
