Asian Energy Security: Anti-Geopolitics of International Energy Markets versus Asian Terrestrial Geopolitics

Abstract

This paper assumes that there are two geopolitical trends in the issue of energy security in Asia. First, the US has been imposing an anti-geopolitics of the international energy market through its domination of maritime geopolitics. Since principal energy commodities such as hydrocarbon resources are strategic assets and they are located at unstable parts of the world, the international energy market's ability to ensure energy security through anti-geopolitical logic is limited. Second, Asian terrestrial geopolitics has begun to challenge the former.

Keywords

Energy Security, China, India, the US, International Energy Market

Citation

İşeri, Emre, “Asian Energy Security: Anti-Geopolitics of International Energy Markets versus Asian Terrestrial Geopolitics”, International Relations, Volume 4, No 15 (Fall 2007), p. 89-107.

Affiliations

• Emre İşeri, PhD Student, Keele University, Department of International Relations