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International Energy Developing Competition In The Caspian Sea Region And China's Countermeasures

Posted on:2005-05-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X X JiaFull Text:PDF
GTID:2156360125456104Subject:International relations
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Since the time of 90's, the eminent geographical location and considerable oil reserves have brought the great focus on the energy development in the Caspian Sea region with the conversion in the geopolitics structure in the Caspian Sea region.This paper has been focused on the description of the geo-economic pattern of oil and gas which is divided into 'petroleum supplied heart land' , 'inner demand crescent lands', 'outer demand crescent lands' after the Cold War through analysis of the shift of gravity center of world's oil and gas , in order to stress the special status of Caspian Sea region. Meanwhile, geo-strategic game of oil and gas between the countries of 'inner geopolitical triangles' and the countries of'outer geopolitical triangles' based on the scramble for oil and gas in the Caspian Sea region and transnational transportation pipeline has been described. Surrounding the strength of dominating the energy development in the Caspian Sea region, this paper mainly analyzes the drastic disputes and struggles on the aspects of strategic interests, legal status of Caspian Sea, export of gas and oil through the international pipelines, scale of investment and cooperation in energy development, as well as energy politics between two great powers-America and Russia. Secondly this paper also summarizes the energy situation about energy interests and geo-strategic objective among regional forces as the inner geopolitical triangles.By analyzing interests interwoven in the fields of crossing investment, involved exploitation, regional cooperation and the intense struggle in the fields of controlling exports of oil and gas, expanding the regional influence and geo-strategic space, this paper outlines the dynamic multipolar system concerned with the complicated contradiction and perplexing situation which is becoming more and more confused by various forces balancing one another and dealing with one another, displaying the truth that energy development in the Caspian Sea region has been exerting the tremendous influence in altering the international relations in this region and in promoting the geo-strategic pattern in the Eurasian continent.Since major powers concerned have diversified strategic interests and countries in the region have complicated contradiction. The energy development in the Caspian Searegion is expected to exert profound economic and political impacts.Therefore involving the energy pipeline development actively in the Caspian Sea region and striving for becoming an individual polar for the sake of obtaining the advantaged position in the scramble for the energy have far-reaching strategic importance for China .At last, this paper also puts forth some strategic suggestions and choices about how to realize the strategic interests to the largest degree for China in the energy development in the Caspian Sea region.This article is organized as follows.The introduction, first explains the vital position the Caspian Sea region takes in the geo-strategic structure of international oil and gas, then surveys the strategic value that obtaining the energy resource in the Caspian Sea region can imply in national economic security, potential economic competing capacity, the geo-strategic predominance. At last the article stresses the aim and meaning about investigating the energy in the Caspian Sea region in the lay of international energy pattern, benefit and motive mechanism, regional security. Basing on such analysis, the introduction gathers up the possible influences farther that the energy development in the Caspian Sea region will exert in China's energy benefits, geo-security and regional force and points out the significance the energy development in the Caspian Sea region will bring for China.In chapter one, I give an introduction of general energy situation about the Caspian Sea region. By reviewing the geo-strategic structure of oil and gas, this chapter mainly sets forth the crucial status the Caspian Sea region holds in the geo-strategic territory of oil and gas, providing the m...
Keywords/Search Tags:Energy development in the Caspian Sea region, Geopolitics, The route of transportation, Geo-strategic game of oil and gas, Countermeasures of China
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