Asian Energy Security and Implications for the U.S.

September 28-29, 2004
Harbor Steps Conference Center
1301 First Avenue
Seattle, Washington

Conference Information and Summary

• Conference Agenda (pdf)

• Participants

• Panelist Biographies

• Executive Summary

Presentations

Panel 1 – Asia’s Rising Importing Powers: China and India

• China’s Energy Insecurity, Strategies, and Future Prospects
  Philip Andrews-Speed, University of Dundee, UK

• China’s Energy Security and the U.S.
  Erica Downs, International Energy Analyst, Washington, D.C.

• India’s Emerging Energy Security Dilemma: Strategies and Prospects for the Future
  Gurneeta Vasudeva, The Energy and Security Group, Reston, VA

Panel 2 – Asia’s Traditional Importing Powers: Japan and South Korea

• Japan’s Energy Angst and Outlook
  Kent Calder, Johns Hopkins SAIS, Washington, D.C.

• South Korea’s Energy Strategies and Prospects
  Yonghun Jung, Asia Pacific Energy Research Center, Tokyo

Panel 3 – Asia’s Future Oil and Gas Suppliers: The Shape and Geopolitical Implications of Closer Energy Ties

• The Asia-Middle East Nexus and Implications
  Fareed Mohamedi, PFC Energy, Washington, D.C.

• Russia’s Shifting Energy Policies and Its Energy Role in Asia
  Laurent Ruseckas, Eurasia Group, New York

• Asia-Central Asia/Caspian Energy Connections, Issues, and Implications
  Edward Chow, International Oil Consultant, Washington, D.C.

Panel 4 – Natural Gas and LNG in Asia: New Security Challenges?

• Asia’s Natural Gas Outlook: Supply, Demand, and Imports
  Tomoko Hosoe, The East-West Center, Honolulu

• The Geopolitics of Northeast Asian Gas Development
  Keun-Wook Paik, Royal Institute for International Affairs, London

• Asian Gas and LNG: Cooperation or Conflict
  Mikkal E. Herberg, The National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle

Panel 5 – The Drive for Nuclear and Coal

• Nuclear Power Generation in Asia and Long-Term Proliferation Issues
  Carol Kessler, The Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security, Seattle

• The Outlook for Coal in Asia
  Jonathan Sinton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley

Conclusion

• The U.S. and the Changing Geopolitics of Asian Energy: Security and Foreign Policy Interests
  Edward L. Morse, Hess Energy Trading Company, LLC, New York

Data Visualization Technology

• Security Atlas: A Visual Guide to Global Security Issues
  David A. Thurman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Seattle

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