The Energy Security in Central Eurasia: the Geopolitical Implications to China's Energy Strategy (original) (raw)

The competition among great powers over energy resources and pathways has gotten increasingly intense in recent years, not least in Central Eurasia (CEA). This article will explore the evolution of energy security that has taken place lately and the accompanying political, economic, and even military factors that improve or impede international energy cooperation in the Caspian and Central Eurasian region. It will also make an assessment of China's geopolitical understandings of energy security in CEA, its implications for China's energy strategy, and the future of Central Eurasian energy geopolitics.