Energy Relations And Policy Making In Asia
by Leo Lester /
2016 / English / PDF
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This volume goes beyond a conventional analysis of Asia’s energy
relationships and explores the premise that energy relations in
Asia in the 21st century should reinforce mutual interdependence.
Conventional analyses of international energy relations stress
the asymmetric nature of the risks and costs of disruptions to
energy flows. Energy suppliers (net exporters) are concerned with
the cost of a buyer looking elsewhere; energy consumers (net
importers) are preoccupied with the costs associated with an
interruption of supply. This perspective reflects the current
transactional nature of energy relations and is clearly observed
in the energy dynamics between countries in the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) and the economies of Northeast Asia (NEA).
This volume goes beyond a conventional analysis of Asia’s energy
relationships and explores the premise that energy relations in
Asia in the 21st century should reinforce mutual interdependence.
Conventional analyses of international energy relations stress
the asymmetric nature of the risks and costs of disruptions to
energy flows. Energy suppliers (net exporters) are concerned with
the cost of a buyer looking elsewhere; energy consumers (net
importers) are preoccupied with the costs associated with an
interruption of supply. This perspective reflects the current
transactional nature of energy relations and is clearly observed
in the energy dynamics between countries in the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) and the economies of Northeast Asia (NEA).
As the economies of both the GCC and NEA have enlarged there is
under-recognized potential for a move away from narrow
transactional relations to broader, interdependent ones. This
collection of essays from leading energy, strategic, and economic
policy think tanks focused on how energy relations are forming in
the 21st century offers energy scholars and policy makers answers
to what these increasingly close relationships mean for
international politics and trade.
As the economies of both the GCC and NEA have enlarged there is
under-recognized potential for a move away from narrow
transactional relations to broader, interdependent ones. This
collection of essays from leading energy, strategic, and economic
policy think tanks focused on how energy relations are forming in
the 21st century offers energy scholars and policy makers answers
to what these increasingly close relationships mean for
international politics and trade.
