Tag Archives: Security
Energy Security: Visions from Asia and Europe
Product DescriptionThis book is a new look at the different perspectives on energy security policies of European and Asian countries. The book explains the reasons for the failure of EU common energy policies and the deficiencies in the policies towards Central Asia. It examines Chinese energy diplomacy, and the possibility of energy competition and cooperation in [...]
Energy Security and Global Politics: The Militarization of Resource Management
Product DescriptionThis book analyses the strategic dimensions of energy security, particularly where energy resources have become the object of military competition. The volume explores the risks that may arise from conditions of increasing economic competition and resource scarcity, and the problems that may follow if major producers or consumers of energy lose confidence in the [...]
Russia and European Energy Security: Divide and Dominate
Product DescriptionOfficials of the Putin/Medvedev administration routinely deny that Russia employs its energy resources for political purposes. But Russia s actions demonstrate again and again that the Kremlin leadership will use its enormous energy wealth to increase its political and economic influence in Europe and the wider world. This should not come as a surprise [...]
Energy Security: Europe’s New Foreign Policy Challenge
Product DescriptionThe geopolitics of oil and gas have made a spectacular return to the international political agenda. The European Union (EU) has recognized the importance of incorporating energy security more systematically into foreign policy. It has committed itself to pursuing an energy security policy based on market interdependence, European unity and long-term governance improvements in [...]
Energy Security: Europe’s New Foreign Policy Challenge
Product DescriptionThe geopolitics of oil and gas have made a spectacular return to the international political agenda. The European Union (EU) has recognized the importance of incorporating energy security more systematically into foreign policy. It has committed itself to pursuing an energy security policy based on market interdependence, European unity and long-term governance improvements in [...]
Energy Security Challenges for the 21st Century: A Reference Handbook
Product DescriptionThe impact of energy on global security and economy is clear and profound, and this is why in recent years energy security has become a source of concern to most countries. However, energy security means different things to different countries based on their geographic location, their endowment of resources their strategic and economic conditions. [...]
The Asian Energy Factor: Myths and Dilemmas of Energy, Security and the Pacific Future
Product DescriptionRobert A. Manning debunks key myths about the oil industry: that the world is running out of oil, that the Caspian Basin is the new Persian Gulf, that resource scarcity combined with military modernization, economic buoyancy, and nationalism will lead to military conflict, and that territorial disputes among Asian nations are fueled by resource [...]
Energy Security Challenges for the 21st Century: A Reference Handbook
Product DescriptionThe impact of energy on global security and economy is clear and profound, and this is why in recent years energy security has become a source of concern to most countries. However, energy security means different things to different countries based on their geographic location, their endowment of resources their strategic and economic conditions. [...]
Energy Security
ISBN13: 9781844075829 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionHumanity stands at a threshold: will its shared energy future be peaceful, or will it be threatened by resource wars? How can rapidly depleting resources be managed to the advantage of all, and therefore conflicts averted? How can we avoid irreparable damage [...]
The Caspian: Politics, Energy, Security
Product DescriptionThe Caspian redefines a Caspian debate long characterized by one-sided and politically motivated analyses and, at times, fantastic reporting. Bringing together a range of influential voices from academia, the media, the oil industry, civil service, the military and diplomatic corps, this book rewrites the region’s recent history…. More >> The Caspian: Politics, Energy, Security
A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment
ISBN13: 9780470267639 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionIf you’ve wondered about how America can break links between oil consumption, terrorism, and the war in Iraq, A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment will show you how our [...]
Energy and Security: Toward a New Foreign Policy Strategy
Product DescriptionFor more than a century, energy and its procurement have been central to the U.S. position as a world power. How can U.S. relations with established producer nations ensure the stability of energy supplies? How can non-OPEC resources best be brought to the international marketplace? And what are the risks to international security of [...]