Author(s): Michael Wesley
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 256
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures and tables......Page 8
Contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1. The geopolitics of energy security in Asia......Page 14
Part I: Demand......Page 26
2. The United States and energy security in the Asia–Pacific......Page 28
3. Japan’s energy security policy in an era of emerging competition in the Asia–Pacific......Page 41
4. China’s energy security......Page 55
5. Contours of India’s energy security: harmonising domestic and external options......Page 81
Part II: Supply......Page 102
6. Australia and Asia–Pacific energy security: the rhymes of history......Page 104
7. Energy security: Pacific Asia and the Middle East......Page 125
8. The impact of the new Asia–Pacific energy competition on Russia and the Central Asian states......Page 141
Part III: Implications......Page 172
9. Strategic dimensions of energy competition in Asia......Page 174
10. Economic dimensions of energy security in the Asia–Pacific......Page 187
11. The environmental effects of energy competition in the Asia–Pacific......Page 208
12. Energy and human security in the Asia–Pacific: exploring the human security/state security interface......Page 222
Bibliography......Page 235
Index......Page 254
