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While intensive cooperation between China and the EU in the fields of energy use, environmental protection and sustainability is highly needed the question remains unanswered how this cooperation could be organized. This volume puts the geopolitical implementation of China’s and the EU’s energy security into the context of geo-economic systems in a global scale, and the emergence of a geo-economic energy network spreading from China to Western Europe.

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Author:   Mehdi P. Amineh ,  Guang YANG
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   27
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.911kg
ISBN:  

9789004218574

ISBN 10:   9004218572
Pages:   490
Publication Date:   12 June 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of contributors Maps, tables and figures List of abbreviations 1. Introduction - China's and the European Union's energy security challenges in the twenty-first century, M. Parvizi Amineh and Yang Guang PART ONE: GEOPOLITICS, GEO-ECONOMY AND ENERGY 2. The Central Eurasian hydrocarbon energy complex: From Central Asia to Central Europe, Robert M. Cutler 3. Competing for Caspian energy resources: Russia's and China's energy (foreign) policies and the implications for the EU's energy security, Frank Umbach 4. Elite change and foreign policy in Iran since the presidency of Ahmadinejad: Relations with the US, the EU and China, Eva Patricia Rakel 5. China's energy foreign policy towards Iran: Domestic factors and geopolitical challenges, Yu Guoqing 6. China's energy foreign policy towards the Caspian Region: The case of Kazakhstan, Zhao Huirong and Wu Hongwei 7. Energy ties and the China-Angola strategic partnership, Chen Mo 8. Energy cooperation between China and Latin America: The case of Venezuela, Sun Hongbo 9. Japan's energy security policy towards Iran (1979- 2010), Raquel Shaoul PART TWO: RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 10. Energy transition governance paradigms and their impact on green innovation processes, Daniel Scholten 11. Development characteristics of the solar energy industry and related policies in China, Li Xiaohua 12. The Brazilian biofuel industry: Achievements and geopolitical challenges, Mairon G. Bastos Lima 13. Slowing down China's hydropower development: Problems of pricing, resettlement and ecology, Eduard B. Vermeer 14. . Global energy governance in the twenty-first century: Challenges and opportunities, Joyeeta Gupta Bibliography Index

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While intensive cooperation between China and the EU in the fields of energy use, environmental protection and sustainability is highly needed the question remains unanswered how this cooperation could be organized. Since the proven gas and oil reserves lie outside China and the EU they are both facing geopolitical challenges to energy security in the foreseeable future. This volume puts the geopolitical implementation of China's and the EU's energy security into the context of (a) geo-economic systems in a global scale including the Central Eurasian, the Middle East and Africa hydrocarbon energy complex and (b) the emergence of a geo-economic energy network spreading from China to Western Europe. The contributions to this volume are providing substantial insight into the political implications of the growing energy need of China and other emerging powers and the implications for international energy supply arrangements. Contributions in the second part deal with the potential of renewable energy and the need for global energy governance. Prof. Dr. Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, Director Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel Forschungs-und Studienstatte fur Europaische Kulturgeschichte Germany

While intensive cooperation between China and the EU in the fields of energy use, environmental protection and sustainability is highly needed the question remains unanswered how this cooperation could be organized. Since the proven gas and oil reserves lie outside China and the EU they are both facing geopolitical challenges to energy security in the foreseeable future. This volume puts the geopolitical implementation of China's and the EU's energy security into the context of (a) geo-economic systems in a global scale including the Central Eurasian, the Middle East and Africa hydrocarbon energy complex and (b) the emergence of a geo-economic energy network spreading from China to Western Europe. The contributions to this volume are providing substantial insight into the political implications of the growing energy need of China and other emerging powers and the implications for international energy supply arrangements. Contributions in the second part deal with the potential of renewable energy and the need for global energy governance. Prof. Dr. Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, Director Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel Forschungs-und Studienstatte fur Europaische Kulturgeschichte Germany

Author Information

M. Parvizi Amineh Ph.D. (Political Sciences, University of Amsterdam), is Director of the Energy Programme Asia (EPA) at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden. He is also Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Webster University, Leiden, and member of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam. He is the author and editor of 11 books including topics on Energy, International relations, Asian and Middle East Politics. Yang Guang is Director-General of the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies (IWAAS) of CASS, Beijing, China, President of the Chinese Associations of Middle East Studies, Executive President of the Chinese Society of African Studies, and editor-in-chief of the academic journal West Asia and Africa. He has conducted research on the Middle East and Africa as well as on international energy security over the past 30 years.

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