Energy Supply in the ‘New Europe’: Critical Perspectives on the European Union’s External Energy Policy

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The publication of a special issue of JCER with the theme: Energy Supply in the 'New Europe': Critical Perspectives on the European Union's External Energy Policy.

Guest edited by Anke Schmidt-Felzmann, this JCER Special Issue is made up of a selection of four research articles and a guest commentary, each of which address a key aspect of the dilemmas EU policy-makers are facing in
the development of a common external energy policy.

The Special Issue also provides reviews of three recent contributions to the literature on energy security. In line with the standard JCER review policy these books are reviewed by two individuals. This provides readers
with a broader understanding of the published book and allows them to draw comparisons between the different reviews.

The Special Issue is the outcome of a workshop entitled "Security of Energy Supply in the New Europe - A Challenge for the European Neighbourhood Policy?" which was held at the University of Glasgow over the 19th-20th September 2007. The workshop was sponsored by UACES, the Scottish Jean
Monnet Centre, the Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES) and the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Science and the Department of Politics, both at the University of Glasgow.

The detailed contents are as follows:

Editorial:
The European Union's External Energy Policy (p67-70) by Anke Schmidt-Felzmann

Research Articles
Securitizing Moves To Nowhere? The Framing of the European Union’s Energy Policy (p70-89) by Michal Natorski and Anna Herranz Surrallés

Can the European Union’s Market Liberalism Ensure Energy Security in a Time of ‘Economic Nationalism’? (p90-106) by Francis McGowan

Security of Energy Supply in the New Europe: A Role for the European Atomic Energy Community in the European Union’s Neighbourhood Policy? (p107-129) by Pamela M. Barnes

The 'Great Diversification Game': Russia’s Vision of the European Union’s Energy Projects in the Shared Neighbourhood (p130-148) by Valentina Feklyunina

Commentary
Threat or Risk? The Debate About Energy Security and Russia: Five Steps for a Scientific Research Programme (p149-153) by
Lutz Güllner

Book Reviews
Research in the Field of EU External Energy Policy: A Review of Three Recent Contributions to the Literature (p154) by
Jack Sharples and James D.J. Brown