2010 Energy Security Conference
NBR and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars invited representatives from corporations, government, and academia to analyze the growth in overland pipelines in industrializing Asia and the resulting implications for Asian regional politics and energy security geopolitics at NBR’s sixth annual Energy Security Conference.
“Pipeline Politics in Asia: The Intersection of Demand, Energy Markets, and Supply Routes” was the theme of this invitation-only conference held on May 4, 2010, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Discussions focused on oil and gas pipeline developments in in four arenas of emerging significance: Northeast Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Agenda
WELCOME
Meredith Miller, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Robert Hathaway, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
AGENDA
Mikkal Herberg, The National Bureau of Asian Research
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, U.S. Department of State
Transcript
PRESENTATIONS
The Geopolitics of Northeast Asia’s Pipeline Development
Shoichi Itoh, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia
Discussants:
Matthew Sagers, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Zhao Hongtu, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Central Asia’s Pipelines: Field of Dreams and Realities
Edward C. Chow and Leigh E. Hendrix, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Discussants:
Fiona Hill, The Brookings Institution
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
India’s Gas Pipeline Efforts—an Analysis of the Problems That Have Prevented Success
Marie Lall, Chatham House and IOE, University of London
Discussant:
James Clad, National Defense University
The Geopolitics of the Myanmar-China Oil and Gas Pipelines
Bo Kong, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant:
Catharin Dalpino, Georgetown University
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Mikkal Herberg, The National Bureau of Asian Research
