Energy Cooperation in South Asia

Utilizing Natural Resources for Peace and Sustainable Development
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-42968-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Routledge Explorations in Energy Studies

This book analyses the key political challenges to regional energy cooperation in South Asia. It argues that investment in the planning of regional energy projects can increase their viability and also drive integration and peacebuilding.

Regional cooperation has been substantiated by academics and multilateral development banks as one of the most viable solutions to South Asia’s crippling energy crisis. However, three decades of national and regional efforts have failed to develop a single multilateral energy project or foster high levels of bilateral cooperation. Using data collected through extensive interviews with policymakers in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal, this book identifies the specific roadblocks to energy cooperation – including domestic politics and the failure of leadership on multiple levels - and evaluates how these political challenges determine regional interactions on energy securitisation, environmental cooperation and human rights. Huda then undertakes case studies on four transnational energy projects to highlight specific policy recommendations to overcome these challenges, suggesting planning mechanisms through which the significant issue of energy cooperation in South Asia can be addressed.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy security and geopolitics, natural resource governance and South Asian politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Huda, Mirza Sadaqat

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Energie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen: Allgemeines
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 1. Introduction 2. Historical Context of Challenges to Regional Cooperation in South Asia 3. A Constructivist Approach to Regional Energy Cooperation in South Asia 4. The State of Energy Security and Energy Cooperation in South Asia 5. Dissecting Political Challenges to Energy Cooperation in South Asia Part 2: Case Studies 6. The Failure of Energy Diplomacy in South Asia: A Post-Mortem of the MBI Pipeline 7. De-Securitising the TAPI Pipeline: Converging Interests of Countries, Companies and Communities through Collaborative Planning 8. A Cooperative Security Framework to Enhance Bilateral Hydroelectric Cooperation in South Asia: A Case Study of the Tipaimukh Dam 9. An Environmental Peace-building Framework to Enhance Multilateral Hydroelectric Cooperation in South Asia: A Case Study of the BBIN Sub-Regional Group Part 3: Policy Recommendations and Conclusion 10. Key Findings and Policy Recommendations

Über Autor(innen)

Mirza Sadaqat Huda is an international researcher and policy analyst with expertise on energy, environment and peacebuilding in Asia. He holds a PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia.