ANALYSIS: China's Thirst for Oil a Strategic Advantage in the Middle East
The Middle East needs China to buy its oil, but the PRC is starting to realize and wield its economic power.
China-Vietnam Tension Bubbles to Surface in South China Sea
China's double standard is particularly galling to Hanoi’s leaders.
Book Review: Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy: 15 Contentious Questions
In Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy: 15 Contentious Questions, Benjamin J. Sovacool, Marilyn A. Brown and Scott V. Valentine provide an essential guide to the international debate on how to create a more sustainable energy system by probing into some of the key areas of contention. Dr. Robert Falkner highly recommends this volume as a tour de force that will be of utility to students, researchers and practitioners seeking to better understand global energy policy.
FEATURE: Reaching Peak Energy in Taiwan
Can Taiwan maintain reliable – and affordable – electricity prices even as it slashes greenhouse gas emissions?
Xi Jinping Visits the Middle East Focusing on Economic and Strategic Partnerships
Scholars say Xi’s goal of this trip has always been trade advantages. China is not the intermediary between Iran and Saudi Arabia. It is only looking to reinforce its interests in the Middle East. Both Saudi Arabia and Iran do not expect China to declare its stand regarding their conflict.