China's surging energy demand: Trigger for conflict or cooperation with Japan?

East Asia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-98

  Itoh, Shoichi ^a  

^a Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA)   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Energy security; Environment; Geopolitics; Japan; Regime; Russia; United States

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CRUDE OIL; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; GEOPOLITICS; OIL PIPELINE; OIL SUPPLY; REGIONAL SECURITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50649099683     PISSN: 10966838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12140-008-9044-1     Document Type: Article

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