Energy Security for the EU in the 21st Century : Markets, Geopolitics and Corridors

ISBN-13: 9780415676762 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 360 str.

Carlos Velasco Murviedro

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the security of energy supply and policies in the European Union, both across the continent as a whole and also within the differing member states, emphasizing the economic and geopolitical dimensions of energy security. A host of socio-economic and political risks accompany the supply of energy in Europe and the authors analyze these in quantitative and qualitative terms as well as the EU's energy relations with countries outside the Union. In addition, the convergence of member states' energy security policies and their gradual Europeanization has led to the formation of energy corridors through which energy resources flow and alternative strategic scenarios in relation to energy risk are assessed. Explicit recommendations are made in order to minimize the negative impact of non-EU regions' competing demand for energy supply and to maximize the EU's energy security.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Energy, Geopolitics and Energy Security: Qualitative and Quantitative Analyse 1. Global Energy Needs and Resources: Geographical Imbalances and Energy Security  2. Energy Security, Energy Corridors and the Geopolitical Context: A Conceptual Approach  3. Energy Dependence, Vulnerability and the Geopolitical Context: A Quantitative Approach to Energy Security  4. Competition and Complementarity in the International Energy Markets: The EU’s Energy Affinity Index  5. Global Policy Scenarios and Economic Scenarios as Tools for Energy Policy  6. Long Term Energy Policy Scenarios for the World and the EU: A Comparative Analysis  Part 2: Socio-Economic Energy Risk: Concept and Estimation  7. Risk Theory Applied to Energy Security: A Typology of Energy Risks  8. Quantifying Geopolitical Energy Risks: The Socioeconomic Energy Risk Index  9. Using the Socioeconomics Energy Risk Index: Aggregation by Corridors, Energy Models and Scenario Building  Part 3: Energy Security and Energy Policy Convergence in the EU 10. Energy Security of Supply and EU Energy Policy  11. The Europeanization of EU Member States’ Energy Security Policies: Convergence Patterns  12. Guidelines for a European Energy Security Policy  Part 4: New Strategies for the EU’s Energy Security Policy  13. Socioeconomic Energy Risk and Energy Affinity: Defining Strategies for the EU  14. A New Strategy: The Europeanization of Energy Corridors to the EU  15. Renewable Energy Corridors and European Energy Security

O autorze

José María Marín-Quemada, Javier García-Verdugo and Gonzalo Escribano are Professors of Economic Policy at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain.