1st Edition
China's Energy Geopolitics The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Central Asia
By Thrassy N. Marketos
Copyright 2009
178 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
184 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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China’s need for energy has become a driving factor in contemporary world politics and a precondition for sustaining China’s continuing high economic growth. Accordingly, Chinese energy policy has been a political and strategic rather than market-driven policy. This book focuses on the need of a stable and secure investment environment which is necessary for the energy provision of China from the... Read more
Introduction 1. Chinese Strategic Interests in Eurasia 2. Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Security Role in Eurasia 3. Clashes and Coexistence among the Three Major Powers in Eurasia 4. Is a Strategic Meeting of Minds among Washington, Beijing and Moscow for the Sake of Eurasia’s Stability Realistic? 5. The Nexus between Energy, Security and Maritime Power and S.C.O.’s Role in China’s Energy Security. Conclusions
Biography
Thrassy N. Marketos is lecturer at the Athens, Greece branch of the 'Centre d' Etudes Diplomatiques et Strategiques' (C.E.D.S.), Paris, France.
