The book sheds understanding on the relations between development and global energy security by looking at China and India. It addresses the following issues: what is the new definition of energy security, how does it affect global politics and international relations? What are the energy security concerns of China and India, and what policies and approaches have they taken to deal with energy security issues? Since China and India are searching for oil and gas in the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia, will their
acquisition efforts conflict with the interests of other energy giants such as the U.S., Japan, and will their growing overseas activities challenge U.S. policy in those energy-rich regions?
The book provides insight into what the new global energy order may be and how the growth models and energy structures may shape the economic growth and energy. It analyzes both the state-centered approach and market-oriented approach in the global quest for energy resources. It also examines how China and India can adopt a cooperative approach for beneficial relations.
The book will be of interest to anyone who is keen to learn how the World especially U.S.A. can accomodate and adapt to the new global energy dynamics; China and India as new players in global energy markets.
Author(s): Zhao, Hong
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 185
Tags: Energy policy China India
China and India The quest for energy resources in the twenty-first century
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Contents
List of figures, maps, and tables
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
1 China, India, and the new global energy order
1.1 The Asian century?
1.2 New energy demand shifts east
1.3 Debates on oil-balance strategy
2 Economic growth and energy demand
2.1 Energy demand drivers
2.2 Energy demand
2.3 Energy supply
3 Geopolitics of energy security
3.1 Energy security in a global market
3.2 Meanings and dimensions of energy security in China and India
3.3 China’s and India’s energy security concerns
3.4 Securing China’s and India’s energy
3.5 Challenges and constraints
4 Global quest for energy resources
4.1 Strategies: where and how to quest for energy resources?
4.2 NOCs and outward FDI as means for “going out”
4.3 Energy exploration abroad
4.4 Competitive advantages: Chinese NOCs versus Indian NOCs
5 Case study I: the Middle East
5.1 The importance of the Middle East
5.2 Chinese and Indian interests in the Middle East
5.3 China’s energy strategy in the Middle East
5.4 India’s energy strategy in the Middle East
5.5 Looking to Iran for energy resources
5.6 Will China and India challenge US policy in the Middle East?
6 Case study II: Africa
6.1 The importance of Africa
6.2 China and India are not newcomers to Africa
6.3 China’s energy strategy in Africa
6.4 India’s energy strategy in Africa
7 Case study III: Southeast Asia
7.1 Oil and gas in Southeast Asia
7.2 China–ASEAN energy ties
7.3 India’s “look east” strategy
7.4 China–India gas competition in Myanmar
8 Conclusions: adapting to the new global energy dynamic
8.1 Threat or opportunity?
8.2 China–India energy relations: from competition to cooperation?
8.3 US, China, and India: working together to shape a new international energy order
Notes
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