The political and economic challenges of energy in the Middle East and North Africa

Regional trends after the dissolution of "old orders" in the Middle East and North Africa / Guido Steinberg and Isabelle Werenfels -- The price war, OPEC and the future of the MENA region / Giacomo Luciani -- Global gas and LNG markets : the role for MENA countries / Anne-Sophie Corbeau -- Renewable energy : a recent, but dynamic trend in the MENA region / Sybille Rohrkasten and Mohammed Qader -- The energy-climate-water nexus in the MENA region and the need for an integrate approach / Thomas Fink and Manfred Fischedick -- Oil and resilience : changing energy dynamics and the smaller Gulf states / Laura el-Katiri -- Iranian energy between nuclear deal and oil price decline / David Ramin Jalilvand -- Struggling with low oil prices : from bad to worse in crisis-torn Iraq? / Luay al Khatteeb -- In dire need of a new social contract : Saudi Arabia's socioeconomic and political challenges / Sebastian Sons -- The eastern Mediterranean - an energy region in the making / Charles Ellinas -- Cyprus : energy hopes and political troubles / Harry Tzimitras and Ayla Gurel -- The impact of natural gas discoveries on Israeli politics, geopolitics and socioeconomic discourse / Elai Rettig -- Jordan : overcoming energy insecurity / Ayoub Abu-Dayyeh -- Turkey : in between global trends and regional politics / Ellen Scholl -- Energy politics in Egypt : a quick fix for economic problems / Stephan Roll and Mahmoud Ibrahim -- Algeria : global challenges, regional threats and missed opportunities / Gonzalo Escribano -- Energy security, sustainability and development in Morocco / Georgeta Auktor -- The energy-security nexus in MENA region : appraising the role of the US, the EU, Russia and China / Kirsten Westphal.

"The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are in disarray, and shifts in the field of energy have the potential to drastically affect the course of political and economic developments in the region. Declining oil prices, skyrocketing domestic demand, the rise of unconventional oil and natural gas production in North America, as well as shifting patterns of global energy trade all put severe pressures on both producing and importing countries in the MENA region. Policy-makers are facing fundamental challenges in light of the duality of grand transformations in (geo)politics and energy. Changes in the field of energy require substantial political and economic reforms, affecting the very fabric of sociopolitical arrangements. At the same time, the MENA region's geopolitical volatility makes any such reforms extremely risky. Including contributions by academics and analysts from both inside and outside the MENA region, this volume explores the changes in global and regional energy, the impact of changing international energy dynamics on politics and economies in the MENA region, and the challenges that will result. This is essential reading for researchers, postgraduates, and professionals in Middle Eastern and North African politics, global energy governance and regionalism." (Publisher's description)