Energy security in Asia / edited by Michael Wesley.

First issued in Paperback 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [222]-240) and index.

The geopolitics of energy security in Asia / Michael Wesley -- Demand -- The United States and energy security in the Asia-Pacific / Satu P. Limaye -- Japan's energy security policy in an era of emerging competition in the Asia-Pacific / Purnendra Jain -- China's energy security / Xu Yi-Chong -- Contours of India's energy security: harmonising domestic and international options / Ashutosh Misra -- Supply -- Australia and Asia-Pacific energy security: the rhymes of history / Richard Leaver -- Energy security: Pacific Asia and the Middle East / Gawdat Bahgat -- The impact of the new Asia-Pacific energy competition on Russia and the Central Asian states / Barry Naughten -- Implications -- Strategic dimensions of energy competition in Asia / William T. Tow -- Economic dimensions of energy security in the Asia-Pacific / Stuart Harris and Barry Naughten -- The environmental effects of energy competition in the Asia-Pacific / Aynsley Kellow -- Energy and human security in the Asia-Pacific: exploring the human security/state security interface / Michael Heazle.

Energy security has become an increasingly important geopolitical issue. This book examines the various dimensions of energy security in Asia. It looks at the roles played by each of the main energy importers and suppliers, investigating the domestic p