Title: China's energy strategy : the impact on Beijing's maritime policies /
Authors: Collins, Gabriel B.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Sea-power China.; Energy policy Political aspects China.; Energy policy China
Contents: Introduction / G.B. Collins, A.S. Erickson, L.J. Goldstein, and W.S. Murray -- Part I: Chinas's energy future and national security strategy -- Dilemmas and imperatives of Beijing's strategic energy independence: the PLA perspective / J. Mulvenon -- Energy as China's Achilles Heel? / C.W. Freeman, Jr. -- Scenarios for the Chinese Economy / D.H. Rosen and T. Houser -- The past, present and future of China's energy sector / D. Pietz -- The geopolitics of China's LNG development / M. Herberg -- Chinese efforts to create a national tanker fleet / G.B. Collins and A.S. Erickson -- Part II: China's global energy access -- China's naval ambitions in the Indian Ocean / J.R. Holmes and T. Yoshihara -- China's energy strategy toward the Middle East: Saudi Arabia / S. Rahim -- China's Evolving relationship with Iran / A. Hashim -- the energy component of China's Africa strategy / C. Shelton -- China's continental energy strategy: Russia and Central Asia / V. Kozyrev -- Carving up the East China Sea / P. Dutton -- China, the South China Sea, and U.S. strategy / J. Garofino -- Part III: China's naval development and concerns regarding energy access denial -- Chinese naval analysts consider the energy question / G.B. Collins, A.S. Erickson, and L.J. Goldstein -- The energy factor in Chinese maritime strategy / B.D. Cole -- China's surface combatants and the new SLOC Defense Imperative / J. Bussert -- A comparative historical approach to blockade strategies: implications for China / B. Elleman -- No oil for the lamps of China? / G.B. Collins and W.S. Murray -- Part IV: China's energy security and US. China relations -- China's naval modernization effort: Potential implications for required US. Navy capabilities / R. O'Rourke -- Concerns with respect to China's energy policy / D. Blumenthal -- Energy insecurity with Chinese and American characteristics: realities and possibilities / J.D. Pollack.