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BL
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1044081
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b798451
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Energy security challenges for the 21st century : : a reference handbook /\ Gal Luft and Anne Korin, editors.
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| Publication Statement
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :: Praeger Security International,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues
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1 online resource (xv, 372 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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027599998X
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: 9780275999988
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0275999971
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9780275999971
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Energy Security: In the Eyes of the Beholder; Chapter 2 The Epidemic of Energy Terrorism; Chapter 3 Troubled Waters: Energy Security as Maritime Security; Chapter 4 There Will Be Blood: Political Violence, Regional Warfare, and the Risk of Great-Power Conflict over Contested Energy Sources; Chapter 5 No Blood for Oil: Why Resource Wars Are Obsolete; Chapter 6 OPEC: An Anatomy of a Cartel; Chapter 7 Russia: The Flawed Energy Superpower; Chapter 8 Energy Security in the Caspian Basin.
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| Abstract
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The impact of energy on global security and economy is clear and profound, and this is why in recent years energy security has become a source of concern to most countries. However, energy security means different things to different countries based on their geographic location, their endowment of resources their strategic and economic conditions. In this book, Gal Luft and Anne Korin with the help of twenty leading experts provide an overview of the world's energy system and its vulnerabilities that underlay growing concern over energy security. It hosts a debate about the feasibility of reso.
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Energy policy-- United States.
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National security-- United States.
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Politique énergétique-- États-Unis.
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Sécurité nationale-- États-Unis.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Energy.
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Energy policy.
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National security.
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SCIENCE-- Energy.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Power Resources-- General.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.790973
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HD9502.U62E64 2009eb
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Korin, Anne.
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Luft, Gal.
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| Parallel Title
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Energy security challenges for the twenty-first century
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