The Economics and Politics of China’s Energy Security Transition

Dr. Hongtu Zhao, a research professor at Institute of World Economic Studies, part of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), specializes in the study of energy and resource issues. His current field of study also encompasses global warming, unconventional security, and international political economics. A former visiting scholar in University of Wisconsin-Madison and Energy Charter Secretariat (located in Brussels), he has written and co-written several books, such as The Grand Chessboard of Global Energy and A Survey of International Strategic Resources.

1. Will Resources Be Exhausted?-“Infinite” Supply of Finite Resources2. “Resource War”: Will Mankind Fight for Resources?3. Resource Contention: Resource Control or Market Competition?4. Energy Crisis: “Natural Disaster” and “Man-Made Calamity”5. Energy Security: From Energy Independence to Energy Interdependence6. Energy Diplomacy: From “Bilateral Diplomacy” to “Global Energy Governance”7. Energy: The “Achilles’ Heel” of China?8. Overseas Investment: “Going-Out” Not Equal to “Taking-Back”9. Maritime Transportation Security: “Malacca Dilemma” and “Strings of Pearls”10. “China Energy Threat Theory”: Strategic Mutual Suspicion and Interaction11. China’s Energy Strategy: From “Self-Reliance” to “Energy Revolution”12. Climate Change and Sustainable Development13. International Energy Transformation: Bright Future and Tortuous Road14. “Beautiful China”: “Chinese Dream” of Green Development