Energy Security and Global Politics: The Militarization of Resource Management

by Daniel Moran (Editor), James A. Russell (Editor)

Overview

This 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 con

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134001996
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/17/2008
Series:	Routledge Global Security Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	626 KB

About the Author

Daniel Moran is Professor of International and Military History at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where he directs the doctoral program in Security Studies. James A. Russell is senior lecturer in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Militarization of Energy Security Daniel Moran and James A. Russell 2. The Battlefield and the Market Place: Two Cautionary Tales Daniel Moran 3. Petroleum Anxiety and the Militarization of Energy Security Michael T. Klare 4. Al-Qaeda, Oil Dependence, and U.S. Foreign Policy Peter Haynes 5. Gulf Oil and International Security: Can the World’s Only Superpower Keep the Oil Flowing? Duane Chapman 6. Regional Issues and Strategic Responses: The Gulf States Saad Rahim 7. Energy Security: The Russian Connection Amy Myers Jaffe and Ronald Soligo 8. Central Asia: Energy Resources, Politics, and Security? Thomas H. Johnson 9. Maintaining Gazpromistan: The Politics of Turkmen Gas Exports Christopher Boucek 10. Energy Security: The Case of VenezuelaHarold A.Trinkunas 11. Chinese Energy Security and the Chinese RegimeJacqueline Newmyer 12. Resource Mercantilism and the Militarization of Resource Management: Rising Asia and the Future of American Primacy in the Persian GulfFlynt Leverett Index