Asian Energy Security: The Maritime Dimension

✍ Scribed by Hongyi Lai

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 245
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Driven by rising oil demand and active initiatives, including recent Chinese naval escort of merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden, Asia has become an important player in international energy security, as well as maritime security.  The timely volume examines China’s and Japan’s efforts for securing energy supplies overseas and maritime energy transport, their cooperation and rivalry as well as the implications for Asia up to recent years.  It also examines the growing shipping traffic in the Straits of Malacca and security of sea lanes in Asia.  Viewing energy and maritime security as global public goods, the volume surveys and proposes multilateral initiatives for provisioning these goods. 

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
1 Introduction: Understanding and Enhancing Energy and Maritime Security in Asia......Page 10
2 China's Oil Diplomacy in Asia......Page 36
3 Security of China's Energy Imports......Page 58
4 China's Mercantilist Oil Strategy and its Implications for U.S. – China Relations......Page 88
5 Japan's Energy Diplomacy and Maritime Security in East Asia......Page 124
6 The Maritime Dimension of Energy Security in East Asia: Legal Implications......Page 144
7 Traffic Pattern, Safety, and Security in the Straits of Malacca......Page 166
8 Piracy and Energy Security in Southeast Asian Waters......Page 192
9 The Security of Sea Lanes in Southeast Asia......Page 214
List of Contributors......Page 236
C......Page 240
H......Page 241
J......Page 242
O......Page 243
S......Page 244
Y......Page 245