1st Edition

Energy Security in Asia

Edited By Michael Wesley Copyright 2007
272 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the various dimensions of energy security in Asia – which has become an increasingly important geopolitical issue. Reputable international contributors look at the roles played by each of the major energy importers: the United States, China, Japan and India, as well as the main suppliers: the OPEC states, Russia, the Central Asian states and Australia. In each case, the... Read more

1. The Geopolitics of Energy Security Michael Wesley  2. The United States and Energy Security in Asia Satu Limaye  3. China’s Energy Security Xu Yi-chong  4. Japan’s Energy Security Purnendra Jain  5. India’s Energy Security Ashutosh Misra  6. OPEC and Asia’s Energy Security Gawdat Bahgat  7. Russia and Central Asia and Asia’s Energy Security Barry Naughten  8. Australia and Asia’s Energy Security Richard Leaver  9. The Strategic Dimensions of Energy Security in Asia William Tow  10. The Economic Dimensions of Energy Security in Asia Stuart Harris and Barry Naughten  11. Energy Security and Environmental Security in Asia Aynsley Kellow  12. Energy Security and Human Security Michael Heazle

Biography

Michael Wesley is the Director of the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University. He is the Research Convenor of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, a member of the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of International Affairs, and a member of the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts.

"This book is a timely publication, with the combined topics of energy security and Asia's energy situation commanding the attention of not only social scientists, but also professionals and journalists...this book can be recommended to students of international relations and the general reader as a textbook illustrating the complexities of energy security." - Shoichi Itoh, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia, Niigata City, Japan