Summary This report evaluates the energy and geopolitical shifts that have arisen from the production of shale gas and light tight oil in the United…
Topic: Energy Security
Summary China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics: the Shaping of a New Regional Order, edited by Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee, examines how China’s remarkable…
From the publisher: China’s reemergence as a great power over the next few decades represents the primary strategic challenge for the U.S.-Japan security alliance and for…
Abstract China’s phenomenal economic growth rate has seen the country rise to world leadership status, causing many analysts to ponder its regional and international intentions…
Abstract This paper discusses China’s use of infrastructure-for-resources loans in Africa as a win–win economic cooperation tool. This formula, offering generous loans for infrastructure in…
Summary Japan has been one of the most important international sponsors of human security, yet the concept has hitherto not been considered relevant to the…
Summary The oil industry is the world’s largest commercial enterprise. Its extent is global; international issues are consistently influenced by considerations of oil production and…
Abstract Begun in 2009, the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) is now America’s foremost engagement vehicle on the Indochina peninsula of Southeast Asia. From the outset,…
Abstract China has sought to gain regional influence by utilizing a mix of energy investments and military modernization efforts. China’s overall efforts aim to bring…
Abstract This article focuses on the interplay of energy, climate change, and national security issues in Southwest Asia, using the newer definition of “national security”…
Summary One of the most challenging environmental threats to the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been the haze, the…
Summary India’s sustained and rapid economic growth offers an opportunity to lift millions out of poverty. But this may come at a steep cost to…
Summary It is becoming increasingly recognized that for the optimal sustainable development and use of natural resources, an integrated approach to water management, agriculture, food…
Summary The future is not what it used to be because we can no longer rely on the comforting assumption that it will resemble the…
Summary The rising demand for energy, the higher costs of oil and gas, and the association of fossil fuels with adverse climate change have all…
