Energy and Geopolitics

2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-03606-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This introductory textbook offers students a comprehensive and accessible overview of the complex relationship between energy supply, energy markets and international politics.

The idea that energy shapes and is shaped by geopolitics is firmly rooted in the popular imagination – and not without reason. Very few countries have the means to secure their energy needs through locally available supplies; instead, enduring dependencies upon other countries have developed. Given energy’s strategic significance, supply systems for fuels and electricity are now seamlessly interwoven with foreign policy and global politics. Energy and Geopolitics enables students to enhance their understanding of this field and sharpen their analytical skills. Per Högselius guides us through the complexities of world energy and international energy relations, examining a wide spectrum of fossil fuels, alongside nuclear and renewable energies. Uniquely, the book also shows how the geopolitics of energy is not merely a matter for the great powers and reveals how actors in the world’s smaller nations are as active in their quest for power and control. This revised and expanded edition takes into account several dramatic shifts that have occurred in recent years in the global energy arena, including the spectacular renewables boom, the quest for transnational electricity grids and hydrogen trade, and the radical restructuring of global fossil fuel flows following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the eruption of the Iran war in 2026.

Encouraging students to apply a number of central concepts and theoretical ideas to different energy sources within a multitude of geographical, political and historical contexts, this book will be a vital resource to students and scholars of geopolitics, energy security and international environmental policy and politics.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Högselius, Per

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition 1. Introduction 2. International Energy Systems 3. Who Controls World Energy? 4. Understanding Energy Dependence 5.  Managing Vulnerability in a Geopolitical Context 6. Energy as a Foreign Policy Tool 7. Energy Transnationalism

Über Autor(innen)

Per Högselius is Professor of History of Technology and International Relations at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. His teaching and research centre on energy and natural resources in an international political context.