Energy Security Along the New Silk Road: Energy Law and Geopolitics in Central Asia

ISBN-13: 9781108498975 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 294 str.

Anatole Boute

Opis

This book applies theories of energy market regulation to Central Asia - a region that faces considerable energy security challenges. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, the book examines how institutions constrain legal reforms. In addition, the geopolitics of energy in the region help explain limits to the role of energy law.

Recenzje

'Energy Security Along the New Silk Road is distinct for it explores a variety of legal components of energy reforms in Central Asia linking them with the state of energy security in a region with an intricate geopolitical context. In the opening, Boute observes that between two models of energy markets - monopolized and competitive - the latter, the deregulated energy market requires more regulation because it involves multifaceted market structure, diverse transactions, and various players. The author presents original comprehensive research, in which the sundry problems of the existing national and regional energy markets are characterized, the cause-effect linkages are analyzed, and the implications are discussed. Finally, and very importantly, Energy Security Along the New Silk Road is convincingly precise in the analysis of the covered topics. This virtue is attained through referencing a massive body of scholarly work, official regulatory documents, and national media sources.' Elena Shadrina, Eurasian Geography and Economics

Spis treści

List of figures; Preface and acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Central Asian energy security; 3. Regional energy market reform; 4. Corporate restructuring reform; 5. Reform of the energy market architecture; 6. Tariff reforms; 7. Market reform, consumer protection and energy efficiency; 8. Non-payment and theft; 9. Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.