NBR just released its 2011 Energy Security Conference report, "Asia's Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism." A link to download the report and a summary are below. The full report will be available for free download for a limited time.

"Asia's Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism:
Implications for the United States, China, and the Asia-Pacific Region"

By Gabe Collins, Andrew S. Erickson, Yufan Hao, Mikkal E. Herberg, Llewelyn Hughes, Weihua Liu, and Jane Nakano

Link to report: http://m.nbr.org/oThdzz

SUMMARY

As Asia's rapid economic growth dramatically increases its energy demand, competition over control of key resources is fueling mistrust and national suspicion among major powers in the region. Given fears that this increasingly toxic atmosphere could result in conflict, what are the implications of Asia's nationalistic policies for the region's strategic rivalries - most importantly the United States and China?

With these concerns in mind, this year's Energy Security Report, "Asia's Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism," analyzes major risks emanating from Asia's growing insecurity and outlines opportunities for enhancing engagement between U.S. and Asian stakeholders. Insights focus on:

- The connection between energy and control of major sea lanes

- The impact of Asia's national oil companies on the competitive landscape of the oil industry, and

- The emergence of rare earth elements as an arena for national competition, with perspectives from both China and Japan

Read Now: http://m.nbr.org/oThdzz

RELATED EVENT

Asia's Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism (Sept.
22, Washington,
D.C.)

Please join NBR on September 22 for the launch of the
2011 Energy Security Report "Asia's Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism." This half-day event will feature remarks by Senator Lisa Murkowski and Congressman Adam Smith, and include a panel discussion of the dramatic developments taking place in Asian energy markets with Mikkal Herberg (NBR), Bernard Cole (National Defense University), Edward Chow (CSIS), Yufan Hao (University of Macau), Toshikazu Okuya (METI), and Craig Gannett (The Henry M. Jackson Foundation).

Learn more and register: http://m.nbr.org/nK4vgR

Tracy Timmons-Gray
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) Seattle, WA