Russia, China and the Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia

• Author(s): Alexandros Petersen, Katinka Barysch,
• Publisher: Centre for European Reform
• Pages: 62
• ISBN_10: 1907617019
  ISBN_13: 9781907617010
  
• Language: en

Description:... Russia is the world's biggest hydrocarbon producer. China is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing energy markets. The two are neighbours. Yet their energy relationship is very thin. Instead, they compete for vast and largely unexplored Central Asian resources. As Kazakh oil and Turkmen gas start flowing to China, Russia's traditional dominance in the region is diminishing. However, the Central Asian states are not passive pawns in a new 'great game'. The EU and the US can help these countries to turn the new energy geopolitics to their advantage.