How do Middle East energy transitions fit into international energy markets? In this book
energy analysts geopolitical experts and specialists of political economy examine the new
energy potential in the Middle East. The particular focus surrounds how the region's access to
finance combined with the new global regulations and considerations of economic development
shape the region's energy transitions overall. The Middle East is revealed to be a key site of
new energy production sharing and transmission as well as technology innovation. At the same
time the authors examine the variables that determine the success in each country and energy
source including the advantages that hydrocarbon producers will have in renewables and
transition fuels and the risk that these might slow down the energy transition overall. In
doing so the book situates the energy transition in the Middle East in a broader context of
economic development financing models and regulations and explains how this context
interacts with the development of new energy sources. Energy Transitions in the Middle East is
an account of the challenges Middle Eastern states will face in navigating the global energy
transition as well as their key areas of opportunity.
