Energy Security along the New Silk Road

Energy Law and Geopolitics in Central Asia

Anatole Boute (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

294 Seiten

2019
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-49897-5 (ISBN)

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This book applies theories of energy market regulation to Central Asia - a region that faces considerable energy security challenges. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, the book examines how institutions constrain legal reforms. In addition, the geopolitics of energy in the region help explain limits to the role of energy law.

Guaranteeing energy security is one of the most complex challenges of energy law and policy. Energy insecurity threatens economic development, social peace and stability. This book focuses on energy security in the strategically important region of Central Asia. The region holds huge energy reserves, but its energy systems are highly inefficient and unreliable, and thus require urgent reform. However, endemic corruption, discrimination and the strong centralization of power have so far blocked initiatives to reorganize energy supply. The case of Central Asia is uniquely relevant for understanding the informal constraints on energy law and policy. In addition, Central Asian energy insecurity illustrates the impact of geopolitics on the regulation of energy markets. The region is strategically located in Russia's sphere of influence and along China's New Silk Road. Its energy situation highlights the complex interactions amongst energy law, geopolitics and institutions.

Anatole Boute is an Associate Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong specializing in energy law. He has extensive working and academic experience in the Eurasian energy markets (Russia, Central Asia, EU and China), including advisory work for the major development banks. He is the author of Russian Electricity and Energy Investment Law (2015).

List of figures; Preface and acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Central Asian energy security; 3. Regional energy market reform; 4. Corporate restructuring reform; 5. Reform of the energy market architecture; 6. Tariff reforms; 7. Market reform, consumer protection and energy efficiency; 8. Non-payment and theft; 9. Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.07.2019
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Maps; 6 Halftones, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 234 mm
Gewicht	600 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
ISBN-10	1-108-49897-3 / 1108498973
ISBN-13	978-1-108-49897-5 / 9781108498975
Zustand	Neuware