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NBR Reports (Sep 2010)

Pipeline Politics in Asia: The Intersection of Demand, Energy Markets, and Supply Routes

Edward Chow, Leigh E. Hendrix, Mikkal E. Herberg, Shoichi Itoh, Bo Kong, Marie Lall and Paul Stevens

Pipeline Politics in Asia: The Intersection of Demand, Energy Markets, and Supply Routes presents key findings from the 2010 Energy Security Conference and explores the strategic, market, and geopolitical ties that have emerged from the rise in pipeline development in Asia. The report includes essays commissioned for the conference focusing on the key pipeline routes in this growing nexus of energy and political ties (Northeast Asia, Central Asia, India, and the China-Myanmar pipelines) as well as an overview of oil and gas pipeline geopolitics and analysis of the implications for the United States.

Table of Contents

Pipeline Politics in Asia: The Intersection of Demand, Energy Markets, and Supply Routes
Edward Chow, Leigh E. Hendrix, Mikkal E. Herberg, Shoichi Itoh, Bo Kong, Marie Lall and Paul Stevens

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Health Security Challenges in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
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Maritime Energy Resources in Asia: Legal Regimes and Cooperation
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(Feb 12)

Nontraditional Security Challenges in Nepal
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(Jan 12)

Maritime Energy Resources in Asia: Energy and Geopolitics
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(Dec 11)

Nontraditional Security Challenges in India: Human Security and Disaster Management
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The United States-Thailand Alliance: Issues for a New Dialogue
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Nontraditional Security Threats in Pakistan
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China's IP Transition: Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights in a Rising China
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Ecological and Nontraditional Security Challenges in South Asia
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Foreign Military Activities in Asian EEZS: Conflict Ahead?
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(May 11)

Toward a New Chinese Order in Asia: Russia's Failure
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Politics, Public Opinion, and the U.S.-Indonesian Comprehensive Partnership
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Maritime Security in Southeast Asia: U.S., Japanese, Regional, and Industry Strategies
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Pipeline Politics in Asia: The Intersection of Demand, Energy Markets, and Supply Routes
Edward Chow, Leigh E. Hendrix, Mikkal E. Herberg, Shoichi Itoh, Bo Kong, Marie Lall and Paul Stevens
(Sep 10)

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