Synopses & Reviews
Robert A. Manning debunks key myths about the oil industry: that the world is running out of oil, that the Caspian Basin is the new Persian Gulf, that resource scarcity combined with military modernization, economic buoyancy, and nationalism will lead to military conflict, and that territorial disputes among Asian nations are fueled by resource competition. His book assesses the energy challenges and strategies of Asian nations and explores the new geopolitics emerging out of their efforts to meet these challenges.
About the Author
Robert A. Manning is Senior Fellow and Director of Asian Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction: The Apocalypse Industry * The Myth of the End of Cheap Oil and the New Oil Glut Problems * The Myth of the Caspian Bonanza and the “Great Game” * The Asia-Middle East Connection: A New Geopolitics of Energy * Part II: Asian Energy Challenges * China, Conundrums of the 800 Pound Energy Gorilla * India, the Slowly Emerging Giant * Japan and Korea * AS