The Geopolitics of Global Energy : The New Cost of Plenty.

Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Tables -- Table 1.1 World Total Primary Energy Consumption by Energy Type, 1925-2015 -- Table 2.1 Proven Oil and Gas Reserves of Selected Countries and Regions in 2015 -- Table 2.2 Oil Consumption and Imports in Selected Countries and Regions,2012 and 2040 -- Table 4.1 Distribution Corporate Interlocks, OECD and Non-OECD Directors -- Table 5.1 The Arctic Share of World Conventional Oil and Gas Resources -- Table 5.2 Arctic Petroleum Activity by Country -- Table 7.1 Percentage Share of Natural Gas in Aggregate Energy Consumption,Selected Countries in 2015 -- Table 8.1 Gross Electricity Generation (TWh) by Energy Source, 1990-2015 -- Table 8.2 2010 Ownership Share in German Renewable Power Generation by Investor Type -- Figure 8.3 Quarterly Average Baseload Power at EPEX Spot, per Quarter, 2000-2015 -- Table 8.3 Evolution of German Feed-in Tariffs for Photovoltaics, 2004-2013 -- Table 9.1 Changes in Japan's Primary Energy Supply Share, 1948-2014 (%) -- Table 9.2 Nuclear Fission RD&amp -- D Expenditures by IEA Countries,1975-2014 (2014 US millions) -- Table 9.3 Energy RD&amp -- D Expenditures by IEA Countries,1975-2014 (2014 US millions) -- Table 10.1 Worldwide Renewable Energy and Upstream Oil and Natural GasAnnual Investment Estimates, 2004-2015 (in US billion) -- Figures -- Figure 3.1 Primary Energy and Oil Consumption, 1965 -2014 (OECD and non-OECD -- Figure 4.1 Proven Oil and Gas Reserves, 1980 and 2014 (OECD and non-OECD -- Figure 4.2 Partnership Types of Five Top Non-OECD NOCs, 1997 and 2007 -- Figure 5.1 Main Arctic Oil and Gas Reserve Basins -- Figure 5.2 Alaskan Oil Production, 1973-2015 (thousands of barrels per day) -- Figure 6.1 US Oil Trends, 1918-2014 -- Figure 6.2 The Oil Triangle.

Figure 6.3 Middle East Crude Oil Exports by Destination, 1955-2014 -- Figure 8.1 Gross Electricity Generation in Germany by Sources, 1990-2014 -- Figure 8.2 Renewable Power Generation by Energy Source, 1990-2014 -- Chapter 1- The Geopolitics of Global Energy -- Key Questions Animating the Volume -- The Oil Age -- Different Era, Same Actors, Same Game -- The Extent of Conventional and Unconventional Energy Resources -- Differential Dependencies in Energy End Use -- Political Autonomy, National Variation,and Resource Geopolitics -- Geopolitics and the Resource Debate in International Relations -- Outline of the Book -- Notes -- Chapter 2- The Changing Geopolitics of Oil and Gas -- The Origins of Oil and Gas Geopolitics -- Beyond the Gulf: US Oil-Protection Operations in the Caspian Sea Region and Africa -- The Changing Geopolitical Environment -- New Fuels, New Technologies, New Geographies -- Offshore Oil and the Arctic -- The Shale Revolution -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3- Oil's New Reality -- Oil's New Reality -- Responding to the New Reality -- Four Priorities for Governing Oil -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4- Oil Elites and Transnational Alliances -- Shifting Patterns in World Energy Consumption and Production -- Corporate Elite Networks in the Global Oil Industry -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5- The Scramble for Arctic Oil and Natural Gas -- The Arctic Scramble -- Are Arctic Oil and Gas Resources (Globally) Important? -- Arctic Oil and Gas Activities -- Sovereign Claims and Jurisdiction in the Arctic -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6- The US Energy Complex: The Price of Independence -- The Role of the Middle East in US Management of the Postwar Energy System -- Delegated US Oil Majors and the Insulated Western Hemisphere -- Reinforcing the Western Hemispheric Bulwark -- The Shale Revolution and the Recurring Dream of US Energy Independence.

Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7- China's Resource Drive into the South China Sea -- Introduction: Beijing's Energy Security Backdrop -- The Economic Significance of Chinese Offshore Oil and Gas Development -- The Geopolitics of Chinese Oil and Gas Development in the SCS -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 8- Germany's Transition to Renewable Energy -- A Brief History of Energy and Geopolitics in Germany -- The Context of Electricity Policy -- The Rise of Energiewende -- Conservative-Liberal Policy to "Moderate" Energiewende(2009-2013) -- The Clash Between Distributed Renewable Generators and Electricity Incumbents -- Curtailing Energiewende: The EU and the 2013Conservative-Social Democratic Coalition Government -- Energiewende's Significance -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9- Energy Transitions in Japan -- Prewar Japan's Rise and Its Energy Dependence -- High Growth and Japan's Postwar Energy Policy -- Japan's Oil Boom -- The Intense Commitment to Nuclear Power -- The Nuclear-Centered Energy Environmental Policy Regime -- The Fukushima Shock -- Back to the Nuclear Paradigm? -- Or Toward Yet More Disruptive Change? -- Smart Cities -- Green Growth as an Opportunity -- Japan's Smart Model and the Global Challenge -- Toward an Expanded US-Japan "Green Alliance" -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10- The New Cost of Plenty -- The Houston-Based Petrochemical Concert -- The Plans and Operations of the Petrochemical Concert -- Little New Under the Sun: The Ill-Defined Externalities of the Oil Majors' Operations -- Bypassing the Bridge: The Environmental and Geopolitical Costs of a Gas Future -- A Concert for Clean Energy -- References -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book.

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