"Energie radikal verändern" ist das zweite Policy Brief, das ein vertieftes Verständnis über das österreichische Energiesystem vermittelt. Auf Basis eines neuen Mindsets sollen die Potentiale für künftige Strukturen des Energiesystems aufbereitet werden. Österreich hat in den letzten zehn...

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: in search of economic policies to stabilise democratic transitions / Giacomo Luciani -- Reflections on the arab uprisings / Samir Makdisi -- Rethinking the rentier curse / Adeel Malik -- A brief political economy of energy subsidies in the Middle East and...

Trotz ihres immensen Beitrags zur Gewährleistung der Energieversorgungssicherheit ist die Energieaußenhandelspolitik der Europäischen Union nur selten Gegenstand wissenschaftlicher Untersuchung. Die Abhandlung setzt sich eingangs mit den faktischen Gegebenheiten und Abläufen im...

Während die potenziellen Koalitionäre in Deutschland in ihren Sondierungsgesprächen um die richtigen klimapolitischen Instrumente ringen, kommen in Bonn in den kommenden beiden Wochen Politiker aus aller Welt zusammen, um im Rahmen der 23. Klimakonferenz der Vereinten Nationen zu beraten, wie...

This publication provides an overview of the progress made by the Arab region in recent years and decades in the area of sustainable energy management and universal energy access. As the Arab region depletes its energy savings and water resources and pollutes its air faster than any other region...

Die sachliche Reichweite des neuen Kapitalanlagegesetzbuchs (KAGB) ist seit dessen Einführung stark umstritten. Gerade die Abgrenzung zur kollektiven Finanzierung von allgemeiner unternehmerischer Tätigkeit, die nach dem Willen des Gesetzgebers nicht dem KAGB unterfallen soll, fällt...

Asia's burgeoning energy demand has stimulated interest in photovoltaics, wind power, and unconventional gas (shale gas, tight gas, coal-bed methane, and coal-mine methane). For each of these, the resource, current status, future prospects, environmental implications, investment and...

"This book explores the geopolitical importance of the energy suppliers in region's economic substructure due to the energy supply and demand in world order. It provides how this global phenomenon affects countries' economies with certain implementation of energy demand and supply in world...

Bringing together conceptual, theoretical and evidence-based contributions from a diverse set of experts, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of energy in Africa, from a management perspective. Taking a closer look at the global energy environment and security in developing areas of the...

Overview of EAST -- The event analysis of the systemic teamwork (EAST) method -- Applications of EAST -- EAST in air traffic control -- EAST in military command and control -- EAST in energy distribution operations -- EAST in a submarine control room -- EAST in railway maintenance -- EAST at...

Introduction -- Grand strategy -- Energy security and oil security -- The oil security approach of the United States -- The oil security approach of China -- Oil and the clash of grand strategy -- Conclusion

During World War II the United States rapidly transformed its economy to cope with a wide range of scarcities, such as shortfalls in the amounts of ocean shipping, aluminum, rubber, and other raw materials needed for the war effort. This paper explores the mobilization to see whether it provides...

Goal 7 of the Sustainable Development Goals seeks to ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services and increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030. This target provides an opportunity as well as a challenge to African...