EU Energy Geopolitics

EU Energy Geopolitics presents an easy-to-follow, in-depth look at how the European Union shapes and is shaped by the geopolitics of the energy transition. It provides a much-needed case-study that highlights the complex interactions in energy security, market dominance, and political power.

-Daniel Scholten, University of Minnesota

This eloquent monograph analyzes in what ways, to what extent and under what premises the EU emerges as a global energy transition winner and what that transition means for EU foreign policy. It unpacks the main pillars of the new energy geopolitics, zooms in on the central questions in the global energy transition literature, and provides well-substantiated answers from the EU perspective.

- Indra Øverland, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

This short monograph examines in depth how the European Union is approaching new energy geopolitics, how it is impacted by the global energy transition, and how this links with its grand strategy. The book takes as its starting point the EU energy and climate policy that drives and shapes EU energy transition. It subsequently focuses its attention on the impact of the EU energy transition on EU energy security, economic competitiveness and power position, and the potential of the global energy transition for a more peaceful world. The discussion is grounded on the geopolitics of the global energy transition literature and anchored in the different forms of power the EU operationalizes, and showcases the strengths, limits, and antinomies of the EU power toolbox in EU energy geopolitics. This book dissects the prospects and geopolitical implications of the new energy geopolitics and the foreign policy ramifications engendered by the global energy transition.

Filippos Proedrou is Associate Professor of Global Political Economy in the University of South Wales. He is the author of Energy Policy and Security under Climate Change (Palgrave 2018) and EU Energy Security in the Gas Sector: Evolving Dynamics, Policy Dilemmas and Prospects (Ashgate 2012).