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'This timely book gathers a great selection of seasoned and up-and-coming scholars to present a well-rounded view on recent developments in the IPE of oil and gas. It is particularly its global outlook that will make this book a valuable source for students of energy and IPE alike.' --Andreas Goldthau, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 'The case studies in this collected edition will be a valuable source to scholars and decision makers interested in the broader nexus of energy governance, energy security and the role of resources in development.' --Adnan Vatansever, The King̀s Russia Institute, King's College London, UK This book addresses energy research from four distinct International Political Economy perspectives: energy security, governance, legal and developmental areas. Energy is too important to be neglected by political scientists. Yet, within the mainstream of the discipline energy research still remains a peripheral area of academic enquiry seeking to plug into the discipline's theoretical debates. The purpose of this book is to assess how existing perspectives fit with our understanding of social science energy research by focusing on the oil and gas dimension.

Central Asia strategy in 2007, to enhance the energy and general political-economic cooperation with Central Asia. But the EU has had to compete mostly with Russia and China, the two major powers and potential rivals in Central Asia and the Caspian Region (CACR). While Azerbaijan has become the most important gas partner of the EU, due to the planned Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (TANAP) and Trans- Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) pipeline network of the EU's Southern Gas Corridor project, Kazakhstan is the most important oil partner in CACR.

This book addresses energy research from four distinct International Political Economy perspectives: energy security, governance, legal and developmental areas. Energy is too important to be neglected by political scientists. Yet, within the mainstream of the discipline energy research still remains a peripheral area of academic enquiry seeking to plug into the discipline's theoretical debates. The purpose of this book is to assess how existing perspectives fit with our understanding of social science energy research by focusing on the oil and gas dimension.

Introduction 1. - Identities and Images of Competition in the Overlapping Neighbourhoods: How EU and Russian Foreign Policies Interact 13. - Russian Foreign Policy and the Shaping of a 'Greater Europe' 35. - Turkey's Policies in Its Overlapping Neighbourhood with Russia and the European Union 53. - EU-Russia Relations and Norm Diffusion: The Role of Non-state Actors 75. - The Securitisation of the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood: What Role for Russia? 97. - Out of Will or Out of Necessity? Turkey and the Middle East 119. - The Impact of the Arab Spring on Central Asia: Regional and Macro-regional Implications 145 . - Dichotomy of Energy Policies in the Caspian: Where Two Strive Another Benefits? 170. - Azerbaijan's Rites of Passage: Liminality, Centering and the Temptation of Strategic Autonomy 190. - Conclusion 211