This edited collection focuses on the impact of the changing global distribution of power on the EU's energy policy and ability to project its approach to energy-related issues abroad. It maps the EU's changing position on global energy, the impact of various factors on its energy policy, and its relations with Russia, China, the USA and Brazil.

Introduction; Jakub M. GodzimirskiPART I: EU ENERGY POLICY AT WORK1. Defining and Projecting EU Energy Policy; Caroline Kuzemko; Amelia Hadfield2. The EU Regulatory State, Commission Leadership and External Energy Governance; Svein S. Andersen; Andreas Goldthau; Nick Sitter3. The Foreign Dimension of EU Energy Policy: the Case of the Southern Gas Corridor; Matteo VerdaPART II: TROUBLEMAKERS AND COMPETITORS4. Russia-EU Energy Relations: from Complementarity to Distrust?; Jakub M. Godzimirski5. Energy Security in China-EU Relations: Framing Further Efforts of Collaboration; Zha Daojiong6. Energy and the Regional Players: the Strange Rivalry Between the EU and China in Africa; Gian Paolo Calchi Novati, Marta MontaniniPART III: NEW ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS?7. The US-EU Energy Relationship; Heather Conley; Sarah Ladislaw; Anne Hudson8. Brazil - a New Global Energy Player?; John Todd; Benjamin de CarvalhoCONCLUSIONS9. Conclusion: The EU, energy, and global power shifts; Jakub M. Godzimirski; Nina Græger