Mind the Gap is an unprecedented attempt to quantify the size of one of the most pervasive barriers to energy efficiency – principal-agent problems, or in common parlance, variations on the ‘landlord-tenant’ problem. In doing so, the book provides energy analysts and economists with unique...

In economic, technical and political terms, the security of energy supply is of the utmost importance for Europe. Alongside competition and sustainability, supply security represents a cornerstone of the EU's energy policy, and in times of rising geopolitical conflict plays an increasingly...

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

Introduction / G.B. Collins, A.S. Erickson, L.J. Goldstein, and W.S. Murray -- Part I: Chinas's energy future and national security strategy -- Dilemmas and imperatives of Beijing's strategic energy independence: the PLA perspective / J. Mulvenon -- Energy as China's Achilles Heel? / C.W....