Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Sino-US energy competition in resource rich states; PART I Conceptual frameworks; 1 Modelling 'resource diplomacy' under hegemony: the triangular nature of Sino-US energy relations; 2 China's energy needs and energy security; 3 US energy security strategy and China's energy diplomacy; PART II US and its allies; 4 Sweet and sour: Sino-Saudi crude collaboration and US-crippled hegemony; 5 Resourcing Sino-Australian relations
6 The true north -- strong and full of energy: China's resource diplomacy and Canada-US relationsPART III America's neutrals; 7 Angolan agency and Chinese and US oil politics, 1975-2014; 8 Triangular or parallel?: China's relations with Nigeria in the context of the US's ties with Abuja; 9 Perspectives and limits on Sino-US competition: the Kazakhstan case study; 10 The impact of Brazil's expanding hydrocarbon reserves on its relations with the US and the PRC; PART IV America's 'pariahs' and China's energy supply; 11 The US factor in Sino-Iranian energy relations
12 The case of Darfur: diplomacy under influence of Sino-US resource rivalry13 Resource diplomacy under hegemony: the peculiar case of Venezuela under the Bolivarian Revolution; 14 Conclusion: China's 'energy anxiety'; Index
Summary
The remarkable performance of the Chinese economy in the last three decades has placed China at the centre of the world stage. In 1993, China became a net importer of energy, although it was not until the early 2000s that the world began to pay more attention to China's energy needs and its potential impact on the world. With China's energy search occurring within a hegemonic global structure dominated by the United States, the US watches with interest as China enhances its ties with energy-rich states. The book examines this triangular relationship and questions whether the US and China are
