Global Public Policy

Publications

• ​​​​​Quitzow, R., Balmaceda, M., & Goldthau, A. (2025). The nexus of geopolitics, decarbonization, and food security gives rise to distinct challenges across fertilizer supply chains. One Earth 8 (1): 101173 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.12.009
• Nunez, A., Caro, K., & Goldthau, A. (2024). A sustainability and governance index for assessing the EU's green hydrogen import options. Environmental Research Letters 19: 074011 DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad53e5
• Apergi, M., Eicke, L., Goldthau, A., Kurniawan, J., Schuch, E., Weko, S. (2024). Pathways to a sustainable electricity sector in Kenya: Challenges and transformational factors. Utilities Policy 91: 101854 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2024.101854
• Schuch, E., Apergi, M., Yik Kuen Chow, D., Eicke, L., Goldthau, A., Kurniawan, J., Lima-de-Oliveira, R., Zhai Gen Tan, & Weko, S. (2024). Breaking the carbon lock-in: Identifying pathways for Malaysia towards a low-carbon future. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 202: 123331 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123331
• Apergi, M., Eicke, L., Goldthau, A., Hashem, M., Huneeus, S., Lima de Oliveira, R., Otieno, M., Schuch, E. & Veit, K. (2024). An energy justice index for the energy transition in the global South. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 192:114238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.114238
• Goldthau, A. (2024). The race for clean transition materials and EU economic statecraft. In Geopolitics and Economic Statecraft in the EU, ed. R. Balfour and S. Ulgen. Brussels: Carnegie Europe: 61-70. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386292904_The_Race_for_Clean_Transition_Materials_and_EU_Geoeconomic_Statecraft
• Mar, K., Quitzow, R., Haberkost, F., Horn, M., Lentschig, H., Unger, C. & Goldthau, A. (2024). Controlling emissions in Germany's future hydrogen economy. Entry points for policy action. Research Institute for Sustainability – Helmholtz Center Potsdam. DOI: 10.48481/rifs.2024.016
• Apergi, M., Liliestam, J., Weko, S. & Zimmermann, E. (2023). Is renewable energy technology trade more or less conflictive than other trade?. Energy Policy. 177:113538.
• Apergi, M., Laima, E., Goldthau, A.,  Kurniawan, J., Schuch, E. & Weko, S. (2023).  Resource exporter or R&D champion? Leverage points and transition pathways for the Chilean energy sector. Energy for Sustainable Development, 76, 101257. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2023.101257
• Braunstein J., Goldthau, A. & Konstantin, V. (2023). Does climate action bring peace? Assessing the geopolitics of renewables using global investment data. npj Clim. Action 2, 14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-023-00045-6
• Apergi, M., Liliestam, J., Weko, S. & Zimmermann, E. (2023). Is renewable energy technology trade more or less conflictive than other trade?. Energy Policy. 177:113538.
• Marzano, K. (2023). Learning from Digital Transparency Initiatives in Brazil: A Call for Innovation and Collaboration ahead of the EU Forest-Risk Commodities Regulation. RIFS Study, March 2023.                          
• Goldthau, A., Apergi, M., Hermann, J., Eicke, L., Kurniawan, J., Schuch, E. & Weko, S. (2022). Fostering a Sustainable and Secure Energy Supply for Kenya. IASS Policy Brief. Retrieved from: https://publications.iass-potsdam.de/pubman/faces/ViewItemOverviewPage.jsp?itemId=item_6002588.
• Goldthau, A., Apergi, M., Hermann, J., Eicke, L. & Kurniawan, J. (2022). Unlocking a Low-Carbon Future for Malaysia. IASS Policy Brief. Retrieved from: https://publications.iass-potsdam.de/pubman/faces/ViewItemOverviewPage.jsp?itemId=item_6002463.
• Goldthau, A., Weko, S., Hermann, J., Apergi, M., Eicke, L., Kurniawan, J. & Schuch, E. (2022). Accelerating the Jordanian Energy Transition. IASS Policy Brief. Retrieved from: https://publications.iass-potsdam.de/pubman/faces/ViewItemOverviewPage.jsp?itemId=item_6002583.
• Kurniawan, J. H., Apergi, M., Eicke, L., Goldthau, A., Lazurko, A., Nordemann, E., Schuch, E., Sharma, A., Siddhantakar, N., Veit, K., & Weko., S. (2022). Towards participatory cross-impact balance analysis: Leveraging morphological analysis for data collection in energy transition scenario workshops. Energy Research & Social Science 93:102815.
• Weko, S., & Goldthau, A. (2022). Bridging the low-carbon technology gap? Assessing energy initiatives for the Global South. Energy Policy 169:113192.
• Eicke, L., & Weko, S. (2022). Does green growth foster green policies? Value chain upgrading and feedback mechanisms on renewable energy policies. Energy Policy, 165, 112948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112948
• Neuhoff, K., Weber, I., Szulecki, K. & Goldthau, A. (2022). How to Design EU-Level Contingency Plans for Gas Shortages? Evidence from Behavioural Economics, Policy Research and Past Experience. DIW, Berlin.
• Eicke, L. & Goldthau, A. (2021). Are we at risk of an uneven low-carbon transition? Assessing evidence from a mixed-method elite study. In Environmental Science & Policy 124:370-379. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.07.009
• Goldthau, A. (2021). Widening the EU’s Geoeconomic and Regulatory Approach to Climate Policy. In O. Lazard & R. Youngs (Hrsg.), The EU and Climate Security: Toward Ecological Diplomacy, Carnegie Europe, 33-40. Brussels.
• Goldthau, A. (2021). A Marshall Plan for the Clean-Energy Transition. GMF Policy Brief. Retrieved from: https://www.gmfus.org/news/marshall-plan-clean-energy-transition.
• Goldthau, A. & Hughes, L. (2020). Protect global supply chains for low-carbon technologies. In Nature (Bd. 585): 28-30.
• Goldthau, A. & Sitter, N. (2020). Horses for courses. The roles of IPE and Global Public Policy in global energy research. In Policy and Society.
• Kuzemko, C., Bradshaw, M., Bridge, G., Goldthau, A., Jewell, J., Overland, I., Scholten, D., Van de Graaf, T. & Westphal, K. (2020). Covid-19 and the Politics of Sustainable Energy Transitions. In Energy Research & Social Science. 68. 101685. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101685
• Sgambatti Monteiro, A., Marzano, K. & Rittl, C. (2020). Der brasilianische Amazonas-Deal: Zwischen Schutz und Entwicklung. In KoBra Brasilicum.
• Goldthau, A. & Hughes, L. (2020). Saudi on the Rhine? Explaining the emergence of private governance in the global oil market. In Review of International Political Economy: 1-23. doi: 10.1080/09692290.2020.1748683
• Sovacoo, B. K., Bergman, N., Hopkins, D., Jenkins, K. E., Hielscher, S., Goldthau, A. & Brossmann, B. (2020). Imagining sustainable energy and mobility transitions: Valence, temporality, and radicalism in 38 visions of a low-carbon future. In Social Studies of Science, freier Zugang.
• Goldthau, A., Richert, J. & Stetter, S. (2020). Leviathan Awakens: Gas Finds, Energy Governance, and the Emergence of the Eastern Mediterranean as a Geopolitical Region. In Review of Policy Research, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12387
• Goldthau, A., Eicke, L. & Weko, S. (2020). The Global Energy Transition and the Global South. In M. Hafner & S. Tagliapietra (Hrsg.), The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition, 319-339. Berlin: Springer.
• Goldthau, A. & Sitter, N. (2020). Power, authority and security: the EU’s Russian gas dilemma. In Journal of European Integration 42 (1):111-127. doi: 10.1080/07036337.2019.1708341
• Goldthau, A., Eicke, L.  & Weko, S. (2019): Countering the risk of an uneven low-carbon energy transition. IASS Policy Breif. Retrieved from: https://publications.iass-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_4812898.
• Goldthau, A. (2019): Global Energy in Transition. How the EU Should Navigate New Realities and Risks. DGAP Policy Brief. Retrieved from: https://www.academia.edu/41825701/Global_Energy_in_Transition_How_the_EU_Should_Navigate_New_Realities_and_Risks.
• Goldthau, A., Quitzow, R., Thielges, S., Helgenberger, S. & Mbungu, G. (2019). Strengthening International Cooperation for a Global Energy Transition. IASS Policy Brief. Retrieved from: https://publications.iass-potsdam.de/rest/items/item_4072893_14/component/file_6000867/content
• Goldthau, A., Keim, M. & Westphal, K. (2018): The Geopolitics of Energy Transformation. Governing the Shift: Transformation Dividends, Systemic Risks and New Uncertainties. In SWP Comment. Retrieved from: https://www.academia.edu/38417174/The_Geopolitics_of_Energy_Transformation.
• Goldthau, A. & Belyi, A. V. (2015). Between a rock and a hard place: international market dynamics, domestic politics and Gazprom's strategy. Cadmus EUI. Retrieved from: https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/35398.
• Goldthau, A. & Sitter, N. (2015). Soft power with a hard edge: EU policy tools and energy security. Review of International Political Economy. Retrieved from: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/09692290.2015.1008547?needAccess=true&role=button
• Goldthau, A. (2015). Addressing the Russian Energy Challenge: Why Regulation Trumps Geopolitics. GMF Policy Brief. Retrieved from: https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/addressing-russian-energy-challenge-why-regulation-trumps-geopolitics.
• Goldthau, A. & Hoxtell, W. (2012a). Addressing Carbon Emissions and Oil Price Volatility. Challenges and Opportunities for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation. GPPi and Brookings Transatlantic Agenda Paper. Retrieved from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280609679_Addressing_Carbon_Emissions_and_Oil_Price_Volatility_Challenges_and_Opportunities_for_Transatlantic_Energy_Cooperation.
• Goldthau, A. & Hoxtell, W. (2012b). The Impact of Shale Gas on European Energy Security. GPPi Policy Paper. Retrieved from: https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/publications/the-impact-of-shale-gas-on-european-energy-security.
• Goldthau, A. (2010). Energy Security: The global challenges and how to meet them. Background Briefing Munich Security Conference.
• Goldthau, A., Keith, C., Toman, M.,  Light, T., Johnson, S., Nader, A.,  Rabasa, A. & Dogo, H. (2009). Does Imported Oil Threaten U.S. National Security? RAND Research Brief. Retrieved from:  https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9448.html.
• Goldthau, A. (2008). Energy efficiency in Russia. Russian Analytical Digest.
• Goldthau, A. (2007). Gasproduzenten rücken zusammen: Der GECF-Gipfel in Katar und die Erfolgsaussichten einer "Gas-OPEC". SWP Policy Brief. Retrieved from: Gasproduzenten rücken zusammen: Der GECF-Gipfel in Katar und die Erfolgsaussichten einer »Gas-OPEC« (econstor.eu)