TY - BOOK AU - Amineh,Mehdi Parvizi AU - Guang,Yang TI - The globalization of energy: China and the European Union T2 - International comparative social studies SN - 9789004190573 AV - HD9502.C62 G56 2010 U1 - 333.79 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Leiden [The Netherlands], Boston PB - Brill KW - Power resources KW - China KW - European Union countries KW - Globalization N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material; M. Amineh and G. YANG --; Chapter One. Introduction. Tapping Global Energy Stocks: Energy Security Challenges For The European Union And China; M. Parvizi Amineh and Yang Guang --; Chapter Two. EU-China Energy Relations And Geopolitics: The Challenges For Cooperation; Frank Umbach --; Chapter Three. Russia’s Emerging Place In The Eurasian Hydrocarbon Energy Complex; Robert M. Cutler --; Chapter Four. The Energy Policy Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran Towards The European Union And China; Eva Patricia Rakel --; Chapter Five. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: India, China, And The Dynamics Of Energy Security; S. Philip Sen --; Chapter Six. China’s Oil Supply Strategy: The Case Of Saudi-Arabia And Sudan; Chen Mo --; Chapter Seven. China’s Renewable Energy Development Targets And Implementation Effect Analysis; Shi Dan --; Chapter Eight. China’s Energy Security: Increasing Dependence On Foreign Oil And Solutions Favored By Beijing Students And Researchers; Eduard B. Vermeer --; Chapter Nine. Japan’s Evolving Nuclear Energy Policy And The Possibility Of Japan-China Nuclear Energy Cooperation; Raquel Shaoul --; Chapter Ten. Transition Management And Institutional Reform: The Case Of A Transition To Hydrogen As A Motor Fuel In The Netherlands; Daniel Scholten --; Bibliography; M. Amineh and G. YANG --; Index; M. Amineh and G. YANG; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - Since the conclusion of the 1985 trade and cooperation agreement between the European Community and China, a new political dynamic has been set in motion between two emerging entities: industrializing China and integrating Europe. It is reflected in, among others, European Commission policy strategy papers and, probably more importantly, in numerous sectoral dialogues and agreements. Europe has become China’s largest export destination. For the E.U., China has become its second largest trading partner and its most important source of imports. The book edited by Mehdi Parvizi Amineh and Yang Guang studies the fueling of this Eurasian production and trading system. This is the policy area of energy supplies and energy security. Cooperation on the basis of complementarity is rather easy. Cooperation in the competition for access to, and share in, non-renewable stocks of oil and gas is more challenging. This book studies a series of bilateral energy relations (Part One) in a global-level, geo-political framework. Policy outcomes in bilateral relations are impacted by multi-lateral networks. Part Two surveys the quest for renewable energy, which is the core of supply security. China has created the largest solar panel production facility. It is capable of producing light-weight magnets used in, among others, wind-power generators and hybrid car engines. This year China is expected to overtake the U.S. as the largest producer of wind turbines. China’s step-by-step reduction of the gap in wealth and power with countries that overran it in the past has so far been remarkably peaceful. We know in both Europe and China all too well that trend-driven change in capability ratios between great powers does not by necessity harmonize well with leadership responses to it. By charting the domain of the energy competition, this book marks an important contribution to the rationalization of energy policy as an area of competitive cooperation. — Henk Houweling, Instructor at the Europe Institute of the University of Macao Contributors are Mehdi Parvizi Amineh, Robert M. Cutler, Chen Mo, Eva Patricia Rakel, Daniel Scholten, Philip Sen, Raquel Shaoul, Frank Umbach, Eduard B. Vermeer, Shi Dan, and Yang Guang UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004181120.i-364 ER -