Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Rabia Ferroukhi and Giacomo Luciani -- The political economy of Gulf energy reform / Giacomo Luciani -- Upstream sector policies in the Gulf from a comparative perspective / Bianca Sarbu -- Unconventional control : impacts of unconventional oil and gas in the GCC / Antoine S. Dagher -- Energy transition in rentier states : a multi-level perspective / Zoheir Hamedi -- Renewable energy development in Egypt : the need for a new social contract / Georgeta Vidican -- The role of CDM and NAMAs to promote greenhouse gas reductions in the GCC / Axel Michaelowa, Matthias Honegger, Michael Eschmann, Björn Dransfeld and Matthias Krey -- Contemporary Gulf cities' urbanism : the dilemma of unsustainable developments and energy conservation / Ali A. Alraouf -- Clean energy solution choices for the power industry in the GCC / Vijo Varkey Theeyattuparampil, Othman Zarzour, Prasad Mande, and Ali Vezvaei -- Successful integration of renewable electricity generation in the Gulf Region / Christian Panzer and Hans Auer -- A vision for a future triangle of growth : GCC-North Africa-EU elaborating a new paradigm for the regional transition after the Arab Spring / Manfred Hafner and Simone Tagliapietra -- Clean energy as a niche strategy of small states to guarantee rnergy security? The example of the Gulf countries / Jean-Marc Rickli.