China's Search for Energy Security
and Implications for the U.S.

Co-sponsored by:
U.S. Department of Energy
ExxonMobil Corporation
Henry M. Jackson Foundation

September 27-28, 2005
National Defense University
Washington, D.C.

Conference Information and Summary

• Agenda

• Speaker Biographies

• List of Participants

• Executive Summary

Presentations

Panel 1 - The Domestic Energy Outlook

• An Anatomy of China’s Energy Insecurity and Strategies
  Bo Kong, John Hopkins SAIS
• 2005 Energy Outlook: China in Perspective
  Mick O’Keefe, ExxonMobil
• Global Implications of Rising Chinese Energy Demand
  James Dorian, International Energy Economist
• China Growth Implications for Auto and Energy Markets
  Mustafa Mohatarem, General Motors
• China Energy Market Reforms: Policies and Challenges
  David Fridley, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
• China’s Energy Policy Muddles Along
  Jeffrey Logan, World Resources Institute

Keynote Lunch Speaker: Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

Panel 2 - China’s Nuclear Program and Issues

• Carol Kessler, Center for Global Security, PNNL
• Adam Scheinman, U.S. Department of Energy, NNSA
• David Pumphrey, U.S. Department of Energy, PI
• Evan Medeiros, RAND Corporation

Panel 3 - Energy Security Policies, Policymaking, and the NOCs

• China’s Foreign Oil Investments: Comprehensively Planned or “Muddled Through”?
  Erica Downs, Independent Energy Analyst
• China’s Energy Security Policies and NOCs
  Jason Kindopp, Eurasia Group

Panel 4 - Beijing’s Energy Diplomacy and Energy Transportation Angst

• China’s Energy and “Resource Diplomacy”
  David Zweig, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• China’s Developing Maritime Power and Energy Security
  Bernard D. Cole, National Defense University

Panel 5 - The Nexus between Energy and China’s Regional and Global Relations

• Implications of Sino-Japanese Energy Relationship to East Asian Stability
  Xuanli Liao, University of Dundee
• China’s Quixotic Quest for Energy Security
  Fareed Mohamedi, PCF Energy
• On China’s Energy Relations with Russia and Central Asia
  Edward Chow, International Energy Consultant

Panel 6 - Implications for the US and US –China Relations

• Implications for the US and US –China Relations
  Mikkal Herberg, The National Bureau of Asian Research
• Nonproliferation and Energy Security: Implications for the US and US-China Relations
  Cindy Lersten, U.S. Department of Energy, NNSA
• On Implications for the US and US –China Relations
  Kenneth Lieberthal, University of Michigan
• On Implications for the US and US –China Relations
  Jeffrey Bader, The Brookings Institution

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