The New Continentalism; Energy and Twenty-First-Century Eurasian Geopolitics

by Kent E. Calder

• ISBN13: 9780300171020
• ISBN10: 0300171021
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2012-05-29
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

In this groundbreaking book Kent E. Calder argues that a new transnational configuration is emerging in Asia, driven by economic growth, rising energy demand, and the erosion of longstanding geopolitical divisions. What Calder calls the New Silk Roadwith a strengthening multi-faceted relationship between East Asia and the Middle East at its corecould eventually emerge as one of the world's most important multilateral configurations. Straddling the border between comparative politics and international relations theory, this important book will stimulate debate and discussion in both fields.

Author Biography

Kent E. Calder is Edwin O. Reischauer Professor and Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.  The author of Pacific Alliance: Reviving U.S.–Japan Relations, Calder lives in Princeton, NJ.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. ix
List of Figures	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xv
A Note on Conventions	p. xvii
Preface	p. xix
Introduction	p. xxiii
The Challenge of a New World Emerging	p. 1
Where Geography Still Matters	p. 15
Six Critical Junctures and Eurasia's Transformation	p. 47
Comparative Energy Producer Profiles	p. 100
The Comparative Political Economy of Eurasian Petrostates	p. 114
Energy-Insecure Asian Capitalist Consumers	p. 151
Emerging Ententes Amid Complex Continentalism	p. 199
Strategic Implications	p. 247
Prospects and Policy Implications	p. 274
Profiles of Eurasian Growth	p. 299
Eurasian Continentalist Organizations	p. 303
Notes	p. 305
Bibliography	p. 353
Index	p. 367
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