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The NBR Energy Security program promotes analysis and policy discussion of the geopolitical, economic, energy, and environmental implications of Asia's rapidly growing energy challenges. Through a program of research, conferences, publications, policy studies, and seminars, the program seeks to promote an informed public policy dialogue in the U.S. and Asia to assist in meeting the region’s energy needs and to enhance prospects for regional energy and economic cooperation. NBR's Energy Security program seeks to promote more effective energy policies in the region, further the public policy dialogue, and enhance prospects for cooperation and market solutions to the region's energy challenges.
NBR's growing range of energy research and projects are organized around four core research areas:
Energy Security and Cooperation
Studies and programs in this area focus on Asia's rising energy
mercantilism, Asia and China's quest for energy security, and the
broad geopolitical and economic implications for the region and for
vital U.S. interests.
Energy and the Economy
This core area focuses on the growing need for new economic and
energy policies, energy market reform, and meeting the political
challenges of rising energy costs and pollution.
The Energy Competitive Landscape
This core area focuses on understanding the strategies and
activities of Asia's national oil companies (NOC) and the
competitive implications for the oil and gas investment environment
globally and in key producing and exporting countries. It will also
focus on the strategic implications for the U.S. in the face of
competition from these NOCs.
Energy and the Environment
This area focuses on prospects for a cleaner energy mix in Asia, the
importance of new technology development in clean coal, natural gas
power generation, efficiency gains, new institutional developments,
and the implications of the various government responses to the need
for cleaner fuels.
The Rise of Asian National Oil Companies: Competitive Issues and Geopolitical Implications (May 3–4, 2007)
NBR's third Energy Security conference, to be held May 3–4, 2007 in Washington, DC, will focus on the strategic
and competitive implications of the rise of Asia’s national oil companies (NOC). Asia's NOCs are
becoming major competitive forces in the global energy industry and their activities carry
important implications both for the international oil companies and for the future of the
global competitive environment. Further details will be posted soon.
China’s Search for Energy Security: Implications for U.S. Policy (publication)
Mikkal Herberg, Research Director of NBR's Energy Security Program,
and Kenneth Lieberthal, Professor of Political Science and Business
Administration at the University of Michigan, co-authored a recent
NBR Analysis on "China's Search for Energy Security: Implications
for U.S. Policy." This report examines China's global search for
energy security, draws implications for U.S. global energy and
security interests, and recommends policies that will allow the
United States to respond more effectively to China’s expanding
global energy impact.
View the report.
NBR on Energy on National Public Radio (interview)
On April 21, 2006 the research director of NBR's Energy Security Program, Mikkal Herberg,
spoke on National Public Radio's Morning Edition with Steve Inskeep about China’s global
search for energy. Click here to
listen to the report
, or to view the transcript.
The Energy Future: China and the United States (conference)
The influence of China's relentless global pursuit of energy resources on
international energy markets, the environment and future relations with the
United States was the subject of a one-day conference on February 8,
sponsored by The National Bureau of Asian Research and the William Davidson
Institute at the University of Michigan. This conference brought together
top experts from academia, business and government service to
address China's domestic energy constraints and dilemmas, its strategy to gain
energy security, the implications for America, and the actions the U.S. ought
to take in response. For more information please visit the website of the
William Davidson Institute.
China's Search for Energy Security and Implications for the United States (conference)
September 27–28, 2005—The National Bureau of Asian Research, in partnership with
the Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security, organized a special invitation-only
conference on "China's Search for Energy Security and Implications for the U.S." held
in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together top energy and geopolitical experts,
major international energy companies, and government policymakers and analysts for two
days to explore issues surrounding China's energy angst.
Click here
to view conference agenda, participants, and presentations.
Asia's Energy Insecurity, China, and India: Implications for the United States (Senate testimony)
Energy Security Program Research Director Mikkal Herberg appeared before Senator
Lugar and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 26 to present
testimony on energy security concerns in China and India. Click here to
view Mr. Herberg's testimony.
The Emergence of China Throughout Asia: Security and Economic Consequences for the United States (Senate testimony)
On June 7, Mikkal Herberg discussed China's energy situation and the implications
for Asia and the United States with members of the East Asian and Pacific
Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Click here to
view Mr. Herberg's testimony.
Asian Energy Security and Implications for the United States (conference)
September 28–29, 2004—This conference brought together a group of government,
corporate, and academic experts on Asia's energy policy for a two-day set of presentations.
The resulting summary report was used to brief policymakers and analysts in Washington, D.C.
Click here to view conference agenda, participants, and presentations.
China's Energy Insecurity and Implications (presentation)
PMikkal Herberg gave a presentation at the AEI/NDU series "How
Sustainable is China's Growth?" in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2005.
Click here to view the presentation, as well as the event summary and
transcript.
Asia's Energy Insecurity (presentation)
Mikkal Herberg gave a presentation at the APERC Energy Research Conference in Tokyo
on February 23, 2005. View pdf.
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China’s Search for
Energy Security: Implications for U.S. Policy Kenneth Lieberthal and Mikkal Herberg NBR Analysis, Vol. 17, No. 1, April 2006 |
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Asia's
Energy Insecurity?Cooperation or Conflict? Strategic Asia 2004–05: Confronting Terrorism in the Pursuit of Power Mikkal Herberg, ed. by Ashley J. Tellis and Michael Wills September 2004 |
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Russia's
Far East: A Region at Risk Judith Thornton and Charles Ziegler May 2002 |
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Japan's
Energy Angst and the Caspian Great Game Kent E. Calder NBR Analysis, Vol. 12, No. 1, March 2001 |
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Energy
and Conflict in Central Asia and the Caucasus Robert Ebel and Rajan Menon December 2000 |
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