Challenges of European External Energy Governance with Emerging Powers

In a multipolar world with growing demand for energy not least by Emerging Powers such as Brazil India China or South Africa (BICS) questions of EU external energy governance would at first hand appear to be a high-priority. Yet reality tells a different story: the EU's geographical focus remains on adjacent countries in the European neighbourhood and on issues related to energy security. Despite being Strategic Partners and engaging in energy dialogues it seems that the EU is lacking strategic vision and is not perceived as a major actor in energy cooperation with the BICS. Thus political momentum for energy cooperation and joint governance of scarce resources is vanishing. Resulting from three years of international interdisciplinary research cooperation among academics and practitioners in Europe and the BICS countries within a project funded by the Volkswagen Foundation this volume addresses one of the greatest global challenges. Specific focus lies on the bilateral energy dialogues and Strategic Partnerships between the EU and Emerging Powers regarding bilateral inter- and transnational energy cooperation. Furthermore the analysis provides policy recommendations in order to tap the full potential of energy cooperation between the EU and Brazil India China and South Africa.