This Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the multiple ways in which oil has shaped, changed and affected international relations and global politics. Theoretically innovative, it provides new insights into the interaction between the materiality of oil and its social, economic and political manifestations. International contributors address the continuing legacy of oil, colonialism, and neo-imperialism and how this has had lasting effects on regions like the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Chapters also assess the complex ways in which oil has influenced the trajectory of global capitalism with the emergence of multiple and powerful economic actors and institutions, and how this has affected the less powerful, the marginalised and the dispossessed. The Handbook concludes by considering the future of oil in the context of the transition to a low-carbon energy system and the challenges and geopolitical consequences of a world becoming less dependent on oil. Exploring the interaction between oil, hegemony and the international political order, this Handbook will be critical reading for scholars and students of international relations, energy policy and environmental governance and regulation. It will also be beneficial for practitioners and policy makers in the field of the international political economy of energy.

China's rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China's growing need for oil imports is shaping its international economic and diplomatic strategy and how this affects global political relations and behaviour. Part One is focused on the domestic drivers of energy policy: it provides a systematic account of recent trends in China's energy sector and assesses the context and processes of energy policy making, and concludes by showing how and why China's oil industry has spread across the world in the last fifteen years. Part Two analyses the political and foreign policy implications of this energy-driven expansion and the challenges this potentially poses for China's integration into the international system. It examines a number of factors linked to this integration in the energy field, including the unpredictabilities of internal policymaking; China's determination to promote its own critical national interests, and the general ambition of the Chinese leadership to integrate with the international system on its own terms and at its own speed. The highly topical book draws together the various dimensions of China's international energy strategy, and provides insights into the impact of this on China's growing international presence in various parts of the world.

China's rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China's growing need for oil imports is shaping its international economic and diplomatic strategy and how this affects global political relations and behaviour.

Part One is focused on the domestic drivers of energy policy: it provides a systematic account of recent trends in China's energy sector and assesses the context and processes of energy policy making, and concludes by showing how and why China's oil industry has spread across the world in the last fifteen years. Part Two analyses the political and foreign policy implications of this energy-driven expansion and the challenges this potentially poses for China's integration into the international system. It examines a number of factors linked to this integration in the energy field, including the unpredictabilities of internal policymaking; China's determination to promote its own critical national interests, and the general ambition of the Chinese leadership to integrate with the international system on its own terms and at its own speed.

The highly topical book draws together the various dimensions of China's international energy strategy, and provides insights into the impact of this on China's growing international presence in various parts of the world.

"Security Strategy and Transatlantic Relations "is the first major assessment of the impact on transatlantic relations of the US National Security Strategy of 2002 and the European Security Strategy of 2003.
The book argues that the US and EU security strategies have an enduring relevance, representing critical efforts to reconceptualize the radically changed nature of post-9/11 international security and to define new post-Cold War security doctrines. These strategies provide insights into the strains and tensions in the transatlantic relationship, particularly during and after the 2003 Iraq War, but also reveal how both the US and EU have become "revolutionary," not status quo, powers.
The contributors to this volume address three key questions. The first is the degree to which these new security strategies signal convergence or divergence in US and EU foreign and security policy. Second, what tangible political and policy impacts can be attributed to the new security strategies, particularly in a "war on terrorism" and on the role of NATO? Third, what are implications for US and EU policies towards specific regions, particularly the Middle East, Russia and China?
Offering wide-ranging perspectives on transatlantic security policies, this new text will appeal to students and scholars of International Relations, European Politics, American Politics and Security Studies.

"Security Strategy and Transatlantic Relations "is the first major assessment of the impact on transatlantic relations of the US National Security Strategy of 2002 and the European Security Strategy of 2003.
The book argues that the US and EU security strategies have an enduring relevance, representing critical efforts to reconceptualize the radically changed nature of post-9/11 international security and to define new post-Cold War security doctrines. These strategies provide insights into the strains and tensions in the transatlantic relationship, particularly during and after the 2003 Iraq War, but also reveal how both the US and EU have become "revolutionary," not status quo, powers.
The contributors to this volume address three key questions. The first is the degree to which these new security strategies signal convergence or divergence in US and EU foreign and security policy. Second, what tangible political and policy impacts can be attributed to the new security strategies, particularly in a "war on terrorism" and on the role of NATO? Third, what are implications for US and EU policies towards specific regions, particularly the Middle East, Russia and China?
Offering wide-ranging perspectives on transatlantic security policies, this new text will appeal to students and scholars of International Relations, European Politics, American Politics and Security Studies.

China is frequently described as a threat to regional and global stability and its rapidly rising demand for imported energy is seen as one cause of this threat. This book shows that domestic politics and foreign policy have both played a part in China's recent major energy policy decisions. However, China's increasing involvement in the global energy markets can be seen as an opportunity to enhance cooperation and interdependence rather than as a threat.

Contents:
Notes on contributors Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: Setting the Framework Roland Dannreuther 2. The EU and its Changing Neighbourhood: Stabilization, Integration and Partnership Antonio Missirolli 3. Strategy with Fast Moving Targets: East Central Europe Pál Dunay 4. The EU and Turkey: Between Geopolitics and Social Engineering Gilles Dorronsorro 5. South-East Europe: The Expanding EU Role Ettore Greco 6. Policies Towards Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus Andrei Zagorski 7. The Northern Dimension: A Presence and Four Liabilities? Hiski Haukkala 8. Caucasus and Central Asia: Towards a Non-Strategy S. Neil Macfarlane 9. North Africa: Partnership, Exceptionalism and Neglect Fred Tanner 10. The Middle East: Towards a Substantive European Role in the Peace Process? Roland Dannreuther 11. EU Energy Security and the Periphery John Gault 12. The Transatlantic Dimension William C. Wohlforth 13. Conclusion: Towards a Neighbourhood Strategy

The end of the Cold War presented a major challenge to Western Europe and to the European Union. It led not only to a whole new set of countries seeking to join the EU but also to a strong demand for a more intensive EU engagement in the broader regional context. This book assesses whether the EU has successfully faced up to this challenge and has adapted its policies towards its immediate neighbourhood in a coherent and strategic manner.

This volume examines EU policy from all its major regional dimensions including assessments of:
· the enlargement process to East Central Europe
· the increasing engagement of the EU in conflict resolution, most notably in the Balkans but also towards the Arab-Israeli conflict
· policies towards the countries of the former Soviet Union, such as Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus
· the complexities of EU policy towards Turkey and the rest of the Middle East.
· the transatlantic dimensions of the EU's neighbourhood policies.

China is frequently described as a threat to regional and global stability and its rapidly rising demand for imported energy is seens as one cause of this threat. This book shows that domestic politics and foreign policy have both played a part in China's recent major energy policy decisions. However, China's increasing involvement in the global energy markets can be seen as an opportunity to enhance cooperation and interdependence rather than as a threat.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, both the Russian state and Russia's Muslim communities have struggled to find a new modus vivendi in a rapidly changing domestic and international socio-political context. At the same time as Islamic religious belief and practice have flourished, the state has become increasingly concerned about the security implications of this religious revival, reflecting and responding to a more general international concern over radicalised political Islam. This book examines contemporary developments in Russian politics, how they impact on Russia's Muslim communities, how these communities are helping to shape the Russian state, and what insights this provides to the nature and identity of the Russian state both in its inward and outward projection. The book provides an up-to-date and broad-ranging analysis of the opportunities and challenges confronting contemporary Muslim communities in Russia that is not confined in scope to Chechnya or the North Caucasus, and which goes beyond simplistic characterisations of Muslims as a 'threat'. Instead, it engages with the role of political Islam in Russia in a nuanced way, sensitive to regional and confessional differences, highlighting Islam's impact on domestic and foreign policy and investigating sources of both radicalisation and de-radicalisation.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, both the Russian state and Russia's Muslim communities have struggled to find a new modus vivendi in a rapidly changing domestic and international socio-political context. At the same time as Islamic religious belief and practice have flourished, the state has become increasingly concerned about the security implications of this religious revival, reflecting and responding to a more general international concern over radicalised political Islam. This book examines contemporary developments in Russian politics, how they impact on Russia's Muslim communities, how these communities are helping to shape the Russian state, and what insights this provides to the nature and identity of the Russian state both in its inward and outward projection. The book provides an up-to-date and broad-ranging analysis of the opportunities and challenges confronting contemporary Muslim communities in Russia that is not confined in scope to Chechnya or the North Caucasus, and which goes beyond simplistic characterisations of Muslims as a 'threat'. Instead, it engages with the role of political Islam in Russia in a nuanced way, sensitive to regional and confessional differences, highlighting Islam's impact on domestic and foreign policy and investigating sources of both radicalisation and de-radicalisation.

An original discussion and analysis of the meaning and scope of citizenship. The book examines the concept of citizenship in the light of normative ethical and political arguments as to the possible costs and benefits to political order, community, rights and participation of opting either for a cosmopolitan or a bounded citizenship ideal. As well as putting the concept of cosmopolitan citizenship into question, this book raises fundamental issues as to the adequacy of the current conceptual resources of political and international theory.

The Soviet Union and the PLO provides a comprehensive account of Soviet-PLO relations from the formation of the PLO in 1964 to the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 199. By analysing in detail the complex and often turbulent evolution of the Soviet-PLO relationship, the book also provides critical insights into Soviet policy making towards the Arab-Israeli conflict and the various strategies Moscow adopted to attain its strategic and ideological interests in the region.