Abstract Iran is negotiating with a group of six states over the future of its nuclear program. In November 2013, Iran and the P5+1 (China,…
Topic: Energy Security
Abstract This month, top diplomats from Iran and six world powers have a historic opportunity to seal a long-sought, long-term comprehensive deal that guards against…
Abstract In September 2013, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors reviewed a report by Director-General Yukiya Amano on efforts to further strengthen…
Abstract With dual pressures of climate change and energy crisis, the development of low-carbon economy has become the biggest national economic and social development problem,…
Abstract Oil has long been viewed as a strategic resource for nations. China is now the world’s second largest oil-consuming country after the U.S.. Its…
Abstract The oil industry is an industry in which, typically, large economic rents can be earned, because the market price is well above the price…
Summary This book analyses the strategic dimensions of energy security, particularly where energy resources have become the object of military competition. The volume explores the…
Abstract The Great East Japan Earthquake and the successive accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station are stark reminders of the importance of energy,…
Summary The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of resource depletion—a crisis that encompasses shortages of oil and coal, copper and cobalt, water and arable…
Summary Energy is the catalyst behind Japan’s involvement in the Caspian region. Japan currently imports 99 percent of its daily oil consumption, and its neighbors…
Abstract Tokyo looks at energy security differently than does Washington, or other major global capitals. This persistent and deepening reality—so incongruously at odds with the…
Abstract With sharply falling prices for oil and other commodities over the second half of 2008, the geostrategic and industrial implications of resource nationalism…
Summary The 21st century has been described as the “Asian Century.” Home to 60 per cent of the world’s population and accounting for one-fourth of…
Summary China has long claimed the ownership of a network of widely-scattered islands and their surrounding waters and resources in the South China Sea. These…
Abstract The five states that surround the Arctic Ocean— Russia, Canada, the United States, Denmark, and Norway—have in recent years taken various measures to protect…
