China, Oil and Global Politics

This book provides a critical overview of how China's growing need for oil imports is shaping its international economic and diplomatic strategy and how this affects global political relations and behaviour. It draws together the various dimensions of China's international energy strategy, and provides insights into the impact of this on China's growing presence across the world.

Philip Andrews-Speed is an Associate Fellow of Chatham House and an independent energy policy analyst with twenty years' experience of China's energy sector. He recently edited International Competition for Resources: the Role of Law, the State and of Markets. Roland Dannreuther is Professor and Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster, UK. Recent publications include International Security: The Contemporary Agenda and, as co-editor, Russia and Islam: Religion, State and Radicalism (also published by Routledge).

1. Introduction: China, Oil and Global Politics Part 1: Energy Policy, the Government and China's Oil Industry 2. China's Energy Challenges and Policy Priorities 3. The Wider Context of China's Energy Policy 4. Inside China's Energy Policy 5. China's Growing Presence in the International Oil and Gas Arena 6. Driving Forces Behind the Internationalization of China's Oil Industry Part 2: Energy Policy and China's Foreign Policy 7. Integration, the West and International Energy Policy 8. The Revisionist Alternative: Energy and the Sino-Russian Axis 9. Hegemony, Oil and Asian Regional Politics 10. The Neo-Imperialist Temptation: Africa and Latin America