Why China s Thirst for Energy does not Trigger Resource Wars
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: The realistic notion of great power competition over shrinking oil reserves seems to fit in the patterns of China s oil diplomacy. Indeed, many pundits and politicians in Washington and elsewhere are stoking fears about the worldwide implications of China s insatiable demand for energy . In this paper, it will be argued that this view is not able to grasp the complexity of the international energy economy. It cannot provide sufficient explanations why cooperation and confrontation among China and its potential great power rivals exists in parallel. Rather the perception of the other nation s intentions and the world energy economy seems to cause both conflict and cooperation. Furthermore, the analysis shows that China s international energy policy clearly follows cooperative and market oriented lines. In order to further understand and explain China s international energy policy, alternative theoretical frameworks, beyond realism, need to be applied.
Source: China aktuell
Author: Maximilian Mayer
Language: English
Subfield: General Energy
Field: Energy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1509676417