The Transnationalization of Chinese National Oil Companies and the European Union Energy Security
Special issue Journal 'Perspective on Global Development and Technology' (guest editors and contributors Mehdi P. Amineh and Yang Guang)
This special journal issue brings together 11 individual research papers that analyse three interconnected themes: 1) China’s energy policies, 2) China’s dilemma regarding the expansion of fossil fuel production to meet the energy needs of its massive urbanizing society and 3) the energy security challenges of the European Union and related policies in countries and regions of supply.
Joint research programme
These studies have come out of a joint research program between the Energy Program Asia (EPA) of the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden University and the Institute of West Asian and African Studies (IWAAS) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, China, in cooperation with the Department of Political Science and the Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies of the University of Amsterdam and other partners.
Objectives research programme
The objective of the joint research programme is to analyse China’s increasing involvement with governments, local institutions and local stakeholders in the energy sectors of a number of resource-rich countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America (Sudan, Ghana, Saudi-Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Venezuela, Brazil and EU).
The joint research program is sponsored by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) –Leiden University for the period of 2013-2017.
Publication details
Special Issue, (2014) No. 5 & 6, pp. 481-831, of the Journal Perspective on Global Development and Technology, ‘The Transnationalization of Chinese National Oil Companies and the European Union Energy Security’. Guest editors and contributors Mehdi P. Amineh (AISSR, UvA) and Yang Guang.
Other research output joint research programme
- Amineh, Mehdi P. and Yang Guang, 2014. ‘Introduction: Geopolitics of Transnationalization of Chinese National Oil Companies’. PGDT, 13 (5-6):495-535.
- De Graaff, Nana. 2014. ‘Global Networks and the Two Faces of Chinese National Oil Companies.’ PGDT, 13 (5-6): 539-563.
- Liu Dong. 2014. ‘China’s Resource Demand and Market Opportunities in the Middle East: Policies and Operation in Iraq and Iran.’ PGDT,13 (5-6): 564-587.
- Hardus, Sarah. 2014. ‘Chinese National Oil Companies in Ghana: The Cases of CNOOC and Sinopec.’ PGDT, 13 (5-6):588-612.
- Chen Mo. 2014. ‘The Transnationalization Strategy of Chinese Oil Companies: Case Studies of Sudan and Saudi Arabia.’ PGDT, 13 (5-6): 613-625.
- Hogenboom, Barbara. 2014. ‘Latin America and China’s Transnationalizing Oil Industry: A Political Economy Assessment of New Relations.’ PGDT, 13 (5-6): 626-647
- Sun Hongbo. 2014. ‘China-Venezuelan Oil Cooperation Model.’ PGDT, 13 (5-6):648-669.
- Cutler, Robert. 2014 ‘Chinese Energy Companies’ Relations with Russia and Kazakhstan.’ PGDT, 13 (5-6): 673-698.
- Gupta, Joyeeta and Wong King Yip. 2014. ‘China’s Evolving Development Dilemma in the Context of the North-South Climate Governance Debate.’ PGDT, 13 (5-6): 699-727.
- Li Xiaohua. 2014. ‘Institutional and economic support for renewable energy companies in China and EU member states: Conflicting or cooperative industrial policies.’ PGDT, 13 (5-6):728-754.
- Amineh M.P. and Wina Graus. 2014. ‘Rethinking EU Energy Supply Security - considering past trends and future prospects.’ PGDT, 13 (5-6): 757-825.