China-Russia relations in Central Asia [electronic resource] : energy policy, Beijing's new assertiveness and 21st Century geopolitics / Thomas Stephan Eder.

China-Russia relations in Central Asia [electronic resource] : energy policy, Beijing's new assertiveness and 21st Century geopolitics / Thomas Stephan Eder.

9783658032722 electronic book
3658032723 electronic book
9783658032715

Wiesbaden : Springer VS, [2013?]

©2014

English

1 online resource (xii, 139 pages.)

10.1007/978-3-658-03272-2 doi

DS740.5.R8

327.51047

As China rises to global power status, its relations with other major powers, including Russia, are constantly renegotiated. Energy figures prominently in both countries foreign policy. An extensive analysis of Chinese language sources academic debate 1997-2012 confirms a collision of interests over Central Asian reserves. While unanimous appeals to compromise render previous predictions of impending confrontation unconvincing, descriptions of Sino-Central Asian energy relations as central to energy security, and the explicit rejection of a Russian sphere of influence, also exclude a retreat. In the long term, China will likely replace Russia as the dominant force in Central Asia s energy sector, causing the Kremlin to perceive another encroachment . The current notion of a strategic partnership will inevitably be challenged. Contents Historico-Political Contextualization Sino-Russian Energy Relations 1991-2011 Neoclassical Realist-Perception Theory Model of Analysis Chinese Academic Discourse 1997-2012 Target Groups Researchers in the fields of international relations, political science, and area studies (China, Russia, Central Asia) Practitioners in the fields of international relations, foreign, energy and security policy.

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