Cover Title Page, Copyright, Dedication Contents Acknowledgments pp. ix-x List of Abbreviations pp. xi-xiv read more 1. The Puzzle: Diverse State Responses to Energy Insecurity pp. 1-16 During the first decade of the twenty-first century, concerns about energy security reached levels not witnessed since the 1970s and early 1980s. And in large part because of such concerns, the major developed democracies—Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States—undertook sweeping reviews... Part One: Analytic Framework read more 2. What’s the Problem? Energy Security in the Developed Democracies pp. 19-30 What is energy security? And what have been the principal energy security concerns of the developed democracies? This chapter establishes the boundaries of the problem addressed in this book. It defines the concept of energy security as used here and then reviews the principal threats to energy security... read more 3. What’s a State to Do? Potential Policy Responses to Energy Insecurity pp. 31-41 This book seeks to compare the policy responses of five developed democracies during periods of heightened concern about energy security. In order to do so systematically, we first need an explicit framework for categorizing and measuring these responses. Only then will it be possible to articulate clearly... read more 4. Explaining State Responses to Energy Insecurity pp. 42-64 In the face of energy insecurity, states may have a wide—perhaps even a bewildering—variety of policy options. What determines the choices that states make—and don’t make—among those options? What factors and conditions most strongly shape how states respond to energy... Part Two: Case Studies read more 5. Britain: From Fossil Fuel Importer to Exporter—and Back pp. 67-116 Britain’s energy security concerns in the 1970s and in the 2000s bear superficial similarities to one another. But beneath the surface, they were strikingly different. In the earlier period, Britain faced what was then a common problem: a substantial dependence on oil imports and their attendant costs... read more 6. France: Nuclear Power and Its Discontents pp. 117-150 In contrast to Britain, France has had very few indigenous energy resources. As a result, it entered the 1970s with one of the highest degrees of energy insecurity among the developed democracies. Since then, however, it has become one of the most secure. The secret to this transformation was... read more 7. Germany: From Dependence on Persian Gulf Oil to Russian Gas pp. 151-194 Of the countries examined in this study, the Federal Republic of Germany represents an intermediate case in terms of the magnitude of the threats that it has faced to its energy security and the natural resources at its disposal.1 In the 1970s, it was much less dependent on foreign oil than... read more 8. Japan: Across-the-board Energy Insecurity pp. 195-239 Of all the states examined in this study, Japan has arguably experienced the most acute concerns about energy security during the periods under consideration. As in the case of France, these concerns have reflected Japan’s profound lack of indigenous energy supplies, which has made... read more 9. The United States: Plus ça change . . . pp. 240-288 Of the five countries examined in this study, the energy security concerns—and policy responses—of the United States have changed the least over the years. In the 1970s, American energy security concerns, like those in the other countries, revolved primarily around the price... read more 10. The Quest for Energy Security: Findings and Implications pp. 289-326 Energy insecurity can assume a variety of guises, and states typically have a range of policy options at their disposal for addressing it. The experience of even so uniform a group of countries as the major developed democracies since World War II underscores this reality. Although they faced similar energy... Notes pp. 327-334 References pp. 335-364 Index