1st Edition

Energy Security Europe's New Foreign Policy Challenge

By Richard Youngs Copyright 2009
256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The geopolitics of oil and gas have made a spectacular return to the international political agenda. The European Union (EU) has recognized the importance of incorporating energy security more systematically into foreign policy. It has committed itself to pursuing an energy security policy based on market interdependence, European unity and long-term governance improvements in producer states. In... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Concepts of Energy Security and EU Foreign Policy  3. The Policy Response: European Energy Initative  4. The Middle East  5. Russia  6. Central Asia and the Caspian  7. Sub-Saharan Africa  8. The Role of European Oil Companies  9. Conclusions

Biography

Richard Youngs is Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK and Director of the Democratisation programme at FRIDE in Madrid, Spain.