Title: Competing for Caspian Energy Resources: Russia’s and China’s Energy (Foreign) Policies and the Implications for the EU’s Energy Security
Abstract: The rise of China and India and their rapidly growing energy consumption increased traditional energy security concerns, and highlighted scarcity of conventional oil and gas reserves in global dimensions. This chapter analyzes contradicting strategic trends and developments in the Central Asia and Caspian Region (CACR) in a comparative way by focusing on (1) the growing interdependencies with their energy partners ( Russia and China ) (2) analyzing the strategic implications for the EU's declared energy partnership with the CACR and its energy supply strategies. The comparative analysis is (1) the regional states and their energy partners recognize the huge potential for cooperation in their mutual interests instead of following zero-sum games and unilateral strategies (2) what are the strategic implications of the latest regional developments and the 'Great Power' strategies for the EU's declared energy, energy foreign policies and its oil and gas import diversification plans. Keywords:central asia and caspian region (CACR); China; energy security; EU's; gas import; Russia
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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