The last decade has seen not one but two energy revolutions. The first, explosive growth in demand from Asia's rising powers, fueled fears about scarcity and conflict. The second, an American revolution in technology and markets, is rapidly strengthening America's hand in the world. There are major security consequences of these shifts, from Saudi Arabia to Africa to Russia, and the emerging powers are increasingly exposed to them - risks, as well as energy flows, are pivoting to Asia. All while a third revolution is struggling to be born, driven by climate change. Now, the United States faces a strategic choice. It has an enviable position in energy markets, and its naval presence at key chokepoints - from the Persian Gulf to Southeast Asia - gives it enormous potential leverage. But America will have to decide whether it wants to use energy as a stick, or to foster a more stable international system.
Bruce Jones is a senior fellow and the director of the Project on International Order and Strategy in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. He is also the chair of the advisory council of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. He has past experience in Middle East peace negotiations, crisis management in the Balkans, and intergovernmental negotiations on security and transnational threats. His most recent book is Still Ours to Lead: America, Rising Powers, and the Tension between Rivalry and Restraint (Brookings, 2014). David Steven is a nonresident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, where he works with the Project on International Order and Strategy. He is also a nonresident senior fellow and associate director at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. He specializes in geopolitical risk, resource and environmental threats, and international development.
Part I: Revolutions 1 The President and the King - Key Messages of the Book 2. Two Energy Revolutions - Asia and the Americas Part II: Risks 3. Rough Seas Ahead: The Great Powers' Search for Energy Security 4. Energy & Security in an Unusual Geopolitical Moment: Of Great Power Poverty, Pipelines, and Proliferation 5. The Revolutions' Tail: Energy, Fragile States and International Risks 6. From Resource Insecurity to Resource Resilience: Energy, Food, and Water Insecurity 7. A Revolution Not Yet Born: Energy and Climate Part III: Responses 8. Of Governance ... 9. ... And Geopolitics
"A dazzlingly good book on energy geopolitics." - Keith Johnson, Foreign Affairs
