Research Agenda for Energy Politics

Edited by Jennifer I. Considine, Senior Research Fellow, CEPMLP, University of Dundee, Scotland, Sylvain Cote, Former Program Director and Research Fellow, KAPSARC, Saudi Arabia, Douglas Cooke, Founder and Principal, Majura Energy Consulting, Canberra, Australia and Geoffrey Wood, Lecturer in Energy and Environmental Law, School of Law, University of Stirling, Scotland

• Contents:Foreword: move to an energy transition, but cleverly xxvMichael C. LynchIntroduction to A Research Agenda for Energy Politics xxxviiJennifer I. ConsidinePART I NAVIGATING EMERGING GEOPOLITICALRISKS: POLITICS, ECONOMICS, ANDBUSINESS IN A NEW WORLD (DIS) ORDER1 The stability of world oil markets and the potentialfor oil shocks 3Jennifer I. Considine, Douglas Cooke, GeoffreyWood, Sylvain Cote, and Abdullah Aldayel2 Geopolitics and energy security issues in India 21Jitendra Roychoudhury3 Renewables and hydrocarbon priceclimbing: implications for Latin America and the world 35Alberto Cisneros LavallerPART II FINANCING THE TRANSFORMATION:MOBILIZING CAPITAL IN A COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE4 Russia–EU energy relations: Most recent stages oflong-term fluctuations and future research agenda 57Andrey A. Konoplyanik5 China’s energy investment through the lens of theBelt and Road Initiative 93Dongmei Chen and Philipp Galkin6 From Paris to Glasgow and beyond: what futurefor clean energy technology deployment underArticle 6? 127Elizabeth Carey and Xiaoliang YangPART III GLOBAL SCENARIOS: HARNESSING THEBENEFITS OF GLOBAL GEO-ECONOMIC SHIFTS7 Big data, black holes, and tapping the value offutures price data 157Hilary Till and Joseph Eagleeye8 Scenario analysis: imagining the unimaginable! 173Richard Wheeler9 GCC economies and regional geopolitics afterRussia’s invasion of Ukraine 195Tilak K. DoshiPART IV THE FUTURE OF ENERGY POLICY: MEETINGTHE MACRO CHALLENGE—DOMESTICREFORM OR UNSUSTAINABILITY10 Cybersecurity and Data Protection in the powersector: challenges, perspectives, and policyapproaches 233Arnault Barichella11 Oil and gas development of US onshore federallands: policy issues and research questions 261Timothy J. Considine and Tara K. Righetti12 Establishing a lunar underground outpost: shiftingthe paradigm for future space exploration,settlement, and commerce 281Greg Baiden, Louis L. Grenier, Brad R. Blair,Dale Tietz and James S. Logan13 Questions to ask before we commence mining inspace: what, where, when, why, who, and how? 301Carol A. DahlIndex 335

‘Using the energy trilemma - affordability, security and sustainability - as a vehicle for enquiry into the global oil markets, this excellent book is a timely reminder of the constantly shifting political landscape, and primacy of policy as a key determinant of our energy future at the age of big data, innovation and energy transition.’