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1. China’s Energy Security Dilemma

Author:
Jenny Lin
Publication Date:
02-2012
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Project 2049 Institute
Abstract:
China’s “economic miracle” and its energy dilemma stem from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 30 year old policy to achieve “wealth for country first.” Beijing has bundled economic development, energy, science & technology-related policies as matters of national security. As a result, China’s current sense of energy and economic insecurity may be analyzed as a product of its decades-long off-balanced policies towards development.
Topic:
Economics, Energy Policy, National Security, Science and Technology, Economic Development, and Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Political Geography:
China and Asia

2. The Arctic and Natural Gas in Northeast Asia’s Energy Future

Author:
Isabella Mroczkowski and L. C. Russell Hsiao
Publication Date:
07-2012
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Project 2049 Institute
Abstract:
The International Energy Outlook 2011 published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts that world energy consumption will grow by 53 percent from 2008 to 2035. Asia’s rapidly growing economies will be the primary drivers of increasing global energy demand. By 2035, China’s and India’s combined energy use are projected to account for 31 percent of total world energy consumption. If current projections hold, by some estimates natural gas may make up to 60 percent of the region’s energy mix by 2035. New shipping routes and energy supplies in the Arctic have the potential to multiply the utility of gas in the region’s future energy mix.
Topic:
Climate Change, Energy Policy, and Gas
Political Geography:
China, India, Asia, Northeast Asia, Arctic, and United States of America

3. Asia’s Electric Grid: The Future of Nuclear Power in the Region’s Energy Mix

Author:
Isabella Mroczkowski
Publication Date:
10-2011
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Project 2049 Institute
Abstract:
The confluence of a growing economy and increasing standard of living are causing energy demands to increase throughout Asia. Accordingly, Asia is projected to have the world’s highest growth in nuclear power through 2035. In the aftermath of the Fukushima-Daiichi disaster there has been a great deal of uncertainty in the outlook for nuclear energy and by extension the future energy-mix of the region.
Topic:
Energy Policy, Nuclear Power, Economy, and Electricity
Political Geography:
Japan and Asia