The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations.

• Author: Delibas, Arife

By Daniel Yergin

Penguin Press, 2020, 512 pages, $38.00, ISBN: 9780698191051

Daniel Yergin is a preeminent author on energy, geopolitics, and global economy studies. He is the 1992 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his book, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power, which presents the history of oil and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded it. In two of his previous books, The Prize (1990) and The Quest (2011), Yergin identifies oil and environmental concerns as the main driving forces of international politics. In his most recent book, The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations (2020), he focuses on shifts in the energy market and geopolitics and explores the likely winners and losers in the coming ers. The New Map is about the new world order shaped by the dramatic shifts in energy and geopolitics, which Yergin calls the new global map. In it, he seeks answers to the question of where the globe is heading with these changes.

The New Map consists of six main chapters. The first chapter, "America's New Map," concentrates on a single question: how has the shale revolution changed America's position in the world? The most significant energy innovations of the 21st century, shale oil and gas, have positioned the U.S. as the world's major exporter. Yergin states that these developments have not only improved the U.S.' competitiveness in the world economy but are also significant for geopolitics. Yergin argues that the geopolitical consequences of the shale revolution have led to a change in the concept of energy security and new flexibility in foreign policy for the U.S. However, these new dimensions are limited because the energy industry remains globally interconnected.

The next chapter, "Russia's Map," focuses on the developments generated by geopolitical energy competition and Putin's quest to revive Russia as a Great Power. Oil and gas are key drivers of Russia's rebound and its nation's economy. Yet this makes the country economically dependent on these resources. Yergin situates Russia's natural gas supply to Europe at the center of a geopolitical clash. The conflict in Ukraine and unresolved issues originating from the breakup of the Soviet Union are the most important factors in the new antagonism between Russia and the West. Yergin points out that the concept of energy security means different things for Western, Eastern, and Central European countries. While it is warmly welcomed by the...