Caroline Kuzemko is Research Fellow at the Energy Policy Group, University of Exeter, and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR), University of Warwick, UK. Michael F. Keating is Professor of International Political Economy at Richmond, the American International University in London, UK.Andreas Goldthau is Professor of Public Policy at Central European University, Hungary, Associate with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, USA and Fellow with the Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin, Germany.

• Introduction: The Global Energy Challenge 1. Perspectives on the Global Energy Challenge 2. Evolution and Dynamics of the World Energy System3. The Political Economy of Energy 4. Actors and Institutions 5. Energy, Climate Change and the Environment6. Energy for Development7. Energy Security8. Transit and Infrastructure 9. Technology and Innovation 10. Conclusions: Synergies, Conflicts and Energy Futures