Energy Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe

Tomas Maltby is a Reader in International Politics in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. His research focuses primarily on the development of climate and energy policy. This includes work related to agenda-setting, policy making, the drivers of and obstacles to energy transitions, climate obstructionism and the politics of air pollution. Matúš Mišík is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Comenius University Bratislava. His research focuses on energy security in the EU. He is the author of External Energy Security in the European Union (2019) and has published articles in journals including Nature Energy, Energy and Energy Policy.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Dedication; List of abbreviations; List of figures and tables; Introduction; 1. The development of energy and climate policy in the EU and CEE; 2. A conceptual framework for understanding energy transitions; 3. Energy governance; 4. The effect of foreign policy on climate and energy policy; 5. State-society relations; 6. The influence of CEE countries on EU climate and energy policy; 7. The global context – decarbonisation, pandemic, and invasion; Conclusion; Bibliography.