Secure Oil and Alternative Energy—The Geopolitics of Energy Paths of China and the European Union

This book on the geopolitics of energy in China and the European Union does, as one might expect, concentrate heavily on policy, but it also addresses other relevant issues that are affected by the global nature of economies and the challenges involved in developing secure oil and alternative energy resources. The well-written and well-researched book covers quite a lot of ground, including: energy security challenges for China and the EU, competition for resources, China's different energy foreign policies for different nations, strategic partnerships and cooperation between nations, energy transition governance and its impact on green innovation, solar energy, biofuels, hydropower, and more. A helpful and detailed list of abbreviations and an extensive bibliography are included. Editors are Amineh (International Institute for Asian Studies, U. of Leiden, the Netherlands) and Guang (director-general, Institute of West Asian and African Studies, CASS). Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

M. Parvizi Amineh Ph.D. (Political Sciences, University of Amsterdam), is Director of the Energy Programme Asia (EPA) at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden. He is also Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Webster University, Leiden, and member of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam. He is the author and editor of 11 books including topics on Energy, International relations, Asian and Middle East Politics.
Yang Guang is Director-General of the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies (IWAAS) of CASS, Beijing, China, President of the Chinese Associations of Middle East Studies, Executive President of the Chinese Society of African Studies, and editor-in-chief of the academic journal West Asia and Africa. He has conducted research on the Middle East and Africa as well as on international energy security over the past 30 years.