Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia

Energy in Europe and Russia is in flux. This book presents a rich set of case studies for analyzing the complex and intertwined regional dynamics of multiple actors, levels, and policy fields in energy throughout Europe and Russia, with the aim of offering an alternative view to the prevalent geopolitical or neoliberal approaches. Energy in Europe and Russia is in flux. The authors address key issues in this context and seek to analyze contemporary transition processes in the region's energy sector. They look at whether and how transnational policy mechanisms can generate sufficient steering capacity to address pressing energy policy issues, including environmental concerns, energy transit or rapidly changing natural gas markets. Moreover, they explore the impact climate change concerns have on policy making in the energy sector and to what extent market mechanisms provide for answers to these issues. Instead of taking a geopolitical or neoliberal approach, this energy policy debate acknowledges the strong interdependence of global, regional and domestic influences on the processes Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Introduction: Bringing Energy into International Political Economy....Pages 1-19 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Legal Approximation in Energy: A New Approach for the European Union and Russia....Pages 23-44 Tensions between the Liberalist and Statist Approaches to Energy Trade Governance: The Case of Gas Dual Pricing....Pages 45-65 The European Foreign Energy Efficiency Policy: Securing External Energy Supply in a Carbon-Constrained World....Pages 66-85 Re-Thinking EU Energy Security: The Utility of Global Best Practices for Successful Transnational Energy Governance....Pages 86-105 Front Matter....Pages 107-107 Energy Efficiency Regimes: Possibilities and Limits of Best-Practice Transfer between Europe and Russia....Pages 109-129 Security and the Economics of Energy in North East Europe....Pages 130-148 Russian External Energy Strategy: Opportunities and Constraints....Pages 149-168 Russo-Ukrainian Gas Wars and the Call on Transit Governance....Pages 169-186 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 Energy Policy in Transition: Sustainability with Security....Pages 189-209 Emerging Governance Challenges for Eurasian Gas Markets after the Shale Gas Revolution....Pages 210-226 Winds of Change: Long-Term Gas Contracts and Changing Energy Paradigms in the European Union....Pages 227-242 Governments, Policies and Companies: A Business Perspective....Pages 243-264 Conclusion: Energy Governance, Global Development and New Research Agendas....Pages 265-281 Afterword: Findings and Further Avenues of Inquiry....Pages 282-287 Back Matter....Pages 288-292 "Moving beyond traditional approaches this book firmly locates the study of energy within International Political Economy. It is a highly innovative collection of essays that marks a more nuanced understanding of topical issues in energy and governance."--Professor Richard Higgott, Vice Chancellor Murdoch University, Perth, Australia 'By bringing together a world class range of scholars this book provides a valuable and highly diverse range of perspectives on one of the 21st century's most challenging and important topics. It reaches beyond questions associated purely with EU-Russia energy relations, as well as opening up the analysis of energy governance to the crucial fields of climate change mitigation, energy efficiency and development.' - Dr Joseph Stanislaw, CEO, The JA Stanislaw Group and Independent Senior Advisor, Energy and Sustainability, Deloitte LLC, USA 'By refusing to underplay the complexities of energy governance in Europe and Russia, this volume emerges as a rich and thought provoking analysis. As a whole, it manages to provide contextualised explanations for energy governance change, differing political approaches to energy, as well as ways in which energy policy is coming to take account of climate change mitigation objectives.' -Professor Catherine Mitchell, Energy Policy Group, University of Exeter, UK