Geopolitical Economy of Energy and Environment

Mehdi P. Amineh is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), University of Leiden, the Netherlands and Program Director of the Energy Program Asia (EPA) at the same institute. He is also Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Webster University, Leiden, Senior lecturer and affiliated fellow at the Amsterdam International School for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam.Yang Guang is Director-General and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of West Asian and African Studies, Professor and Dean of the department for Asian-African Studies at the graduate school of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).

• AcknowledgmentsList of Maps, Tables and FiguresList of AbbreviationsList of ContributorsGeopolitical Economy of Energy and Environment: China and the European Union—Introduction to the VolumeMehdi P. Amineh and Yang GuangPart 1: The Transnationalization of Chinese-National Oil Companies1 Energy and Geopolitical Economy in China: Theory and ConceptsMehdi P. Amineh and Yang Guang2 The Dual Face of China’s ‘Going Global’. Transnationalizing National Oil Companies, Elites, and Global NetworksNana de Graaff3 China’s Resource Demand and Market Opportunities in the Middle East: Policies and Operations in Iran and IraqLiu Dong4 Strategies and Interactions in the Transnationalization of China’s National Oil Companies—The Cases of CNOOC and Sinopec in GhanaSarah Hardus5 The Transnationalization Strategy of Chinese National Oil Companies with Case Studies of Sudan and Saudi ArabiaChen Mo6 Chinese Influences and the Governance of Oil in Latin America the Cases of Venezuela, Brazil, and EcuadorBarbara Hogenboom7 Actors and their Interactions in the Sino-Venezuelan Oil Cooperation ModelSun Hongbo8 Foundation of the East Central Eurasian Hydrocarbon Energy Complex: The Role of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Their National Oil CompaniesRobert CutlerPart 2: Environment, Climate Change and Renewable Energy Resources the European Union and China9 The Geo-Ecological Risks of Oil Investments by China and the Global South: The Right to Development RevisitedJoyeeta Gupta, Eric Chu, Kyra Bos, and Tessel Kuijten10 Energy Transition and the Conflicts and Cooperation between China and EU Member States in Renewable Energy Fields—A Case Study of the Photovoltaic IndustryLi XiaohuaPart 3: Energy and Geopolitics: The European Union Energy Supply Security and Geopolitics11 Geopolitical Economy of Energy Security in the European Union the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Region and ChinaMehdi P. Amineh and Wina H.J. Crijns-GrausBibliographyIndex

"[...] this thorough study is recommended to students interested in the supply of energy to China and the EU."- Henk Houweling, in: China Information, Vol. 33, Issue 1, pp. 115-116"[...] high quality of research in the contributions to this book, presenting factual information as well as analyses of economic and political strategies by governments and oil companies that encompass major regions of strategic importance not only to the great powers, but also the economies and societies of countries that may not directly participate in the ‘great games’ of the major players."- Kurt Radtke, in: newbooks.asia, May 2018