Introduction: Energy Economics, Finance, and Geostrategy.- Geostrategic Considerations on Energy.- Part I.Energy Economy.- System Dynamics Simulation to Explore the Impact of Low European Electricity Prices on Swiss Generation Capacity Investments.- Effectiveness of Regulation.- An Investigation of the Turkish Natural Gas Distribution Market.- Part II.Finance.-The crowding-out effect of green energy innovation.- Analysing the Relationship between Oil Prices and Basic Petrochemical Feedstocks.- Ranking of Natural Gas Transmission Projects at the Southeastern Corridor: A Multi-Criteria Approach on the Countries of the Region.- The Relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and CO2 Emissions across a Panel of Countries.- Part III. Geostrategy.- Geostrategic Challenges in the Oil and Gas Sectors.- Geostrategy of the European Union in Energy.- Geostrategic Importance of Energy Transit and a New Transit Regime under the International Energy Charter.- Geostrategic Importance of East Mediterranean Gas Resources.- The Natural Resource Curse: A Country Case Study: Tanzania.
André B. Dorsman is president of CEVI, Center for Energy and Value Issues (www. centerforenergyandvalue.com) and is advisor of MSE's and local governments as well as expert in court-cases.
Volkan Ş. Ediger is founding director of CESD, Energy and Sustainable Energy Center and founding president of ENIVA, Energy and Climate Change Foundation.
Mehmet Baha Karan is Professor of Finance/Vice President of CEVI, and board member of some Bourse Istanbul Companies.
This volume investigates the impact of energy issues on geostrategy. The crucial importance of energy and the fact that fossil fuels are not equally distributed among countries means that decisions are not only based on financial arguments, but also on the political impact. It can be said that "Energy is Politics". In three parts - 1) Energy Economy; 2) Finance; and 3) Geostrategy - academics and practitioners address both economic and political questions and present cases from several countries.
This is the sixth volume in a series on energy organized by the Centre for Energy and Value Issues (CEVI). The previous volumes in the series were: Financial Aspects in Energy (2011), Energy Economics and Financial Markets (2012), Perspectives on Energy Risk (2014), Energy Technology and Valuation Issues (2015) and Energy and Finance (2016).