Energy dependence and supply security : energy law in the new geopolitical reality / Anatole Boute.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boute, Anatole, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy security--Law and legislation.

Energy security.

Energy industries--Law and legislation.

Energy industries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Facing the threat of weaponization of energy trade and investment, this book assesses the implications on energy security of existing energy, trade, and investment laws. It examines the legal aspects governing the creation - and avoidance - of dangerous dependencies in the energy sector, using the 2022 energy crisis as a core example.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction

1.1 Energy law and the 2022 energy crisis

1.2 Supply security under the liberal energy regime

1.3 Energy law, economic statecraft, and the weaponization of energy

1.4 Energy law and the creation of supply and infrastructure dependencies

1.5 Energy law responses to the weaponization of energy

1.6 Structure of the book

2. Energy Law and Infrastructure Dependencies

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Energy investment law, economic statecraft, and the dependency theory

2.3 Linking Soviet gas to Western Europe: the Soviet pipeline agreements

2.4 Ensuring continuity: the first post-Soviet pipeline agreements

2.5 The rise of the European liberal energy regime

2.6 Control and exclusion through pipeline agreements in Eurasia

2.7 Strengthening Russia's pipeline grip over Europe: the South Stream and Nord Stream agreements

2.8 Conclusion: energy investment law, liberalization, and the threat of infrastructure dependencies

3. Neutralizing Infrastructure Disruptions

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Nationalization

3.3 Unbundling

3.4 National security reviews

3.5 Diversification of import routes

3.6 Neutralizing geopolitical agreements: unequal treaties and depoliticization

3.7 Conclusion: international law constraints to supply security

4. Energy Law and Supply Dependencies

4.1 Introduction

4.2 International trade, regional integration, and supply dependencies

4.3 The origins of dependence: the Soviet gas supply agreements

4.4 The post-Soviet gas supply agreements

4.5 Energy market liberalization and the deepening of Europe's supply dependence

4.6 Cementing supply dependence under the Eurasian Economic Union.

4.7 Conclusion: energy supply agreements, liberalization, and the perils of supply dependence

5. Neutralizing Supply Disruptions

5.1 Introduction

5.2 The international law defence

5.3 The contractual defence

5.4 The solidarity defence: energy market regulation in times of crisis

5.5 Conclusion: the limits of legal defences to supply disruption

6. Managing New Energy Dependencies

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Mapping dependencies in the clean energy landscape

6.3 Securing clean energy supply chains through localization

6.4 Export restrictions and WTO law

6.5 Managing investment dependencies

6.6 Conclusion: international cooperation and the geopolitics of clean energy

7. Conclusion

7.1 Energy law and the weaponization of energy

7.2 Energy law and liberalization in the new geopolitical reality

7.3 International energy law in the new geopolitical reality

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 4, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Boute, Anatole Energy Dependence and Supply Security

ISBN:

0-19-199591-6

0-19-889051-6

0-19-889050-8

OCLC:

1401672372