VII
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..................................................................................................
IX
INTRODUCTION
Sophia Kalantzakos & Nikolaos E. Farantouris
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XI
I.
International Dynamics of Change
1. Low Carbon Transitions and Post-Fossil Fuel Energy Transformations as Political
Struggles: Analysing and Overcoming ‘Carbon Lock-in’
John Barry, Therese Hume, Geraint Ellis & Robin Curry
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3
2. Experiences from the South in a changing world:
The rights of nature recognition
Maria Valeria Berros
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23
3. Russia’s Resource Curse: Internal and External Political and Economic Impacts
Spyros Roukanas
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48
4. EU and China: New Partnership for the Anthropocene
Sophia Kalantzakos
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66
II.
European Institutions
5. EU Energy Policy Objectives: Between Scylla and Charybdis
Nikolaos E. Farantouris
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81
6. Key Priorities for the EU: Energy Security, Internal Energy Market and Climate
Change. The Case of Greece
Athanasios Dagoumas
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98
7. EU Energy Policy beyond borders: Does ‘one size fit all’?
Michael Charokopos
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115
8. EU Energy Security Strategy for Central and South East Europe Post TAP
Elisabeth Loverdou
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130
III.
Sustainability and Environmental Protection
9. Keeping the Fires Lit: Energy in a Time of Transition
Sgouris Sgouridis
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155