Power Struggles Energy Security and Energy Diplomacy in the Asia Pacific

This book explores East Asia’s and the Asia Pacific’s energy security exploring key issues including major trans-border energy projects, major country’s energy mix policy, trans- border pipelines, LNG transfer between nations, balance of power relations between major powers, the North Korean energy situation, energy alliances, Belt and Road Initiative, Indo-Pacific Strategy, World Choke point and more. In particular, this book provides the detailed analysis of the current problems of energy security and diplomacy among various countries as well as policy implications. It will clearly serve as a manual to enhance energy security in the region and boost energy transaction as well as the pioneering step to conceptualize the notion of energy security among political circles, in the diplomatic community and energy industry as well as international relations academics.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Framing Energy Security between Russia and South Korea? - Chapter 3. Northeast Asia’s Kovykta Conundrum: A Decade of Promise and Peril.- Chapter 4. Is Natural Gas the Answer for North Korea?.- Chapter 5. Framing Multi-lateral Energy Security Framework in Northeast Asia? Lessons from KEDO and ECT.- Chapter 6. South Korea’s Energy Security Conundrum: The Problems of Energy Mix     and Energy Diplomacy Deadlock.- Chapter 7. The U.S. South Korea (ROK) Energy Alliance.- Chapter 8. Energy Alliance between Canada and South Korea: Candian Oil Sands and Shale Gas Cooperation.- Chapter 9. World Chokepoint.- Chapter 10. Conclusion.

Se Hyun Ahn is Professor of the Department of International Relations and the Director of the Center for Energy Security Strategic Studies in the University of Seoul.