The new politics of strategic resources : energy and food security challenges in the 21st century / editors David Steven and Emily O'Brien, Bruce Jones.

Acknowledgments, vii -- 1. Introduction: energy policy on the edge / Bruce Jones and David Steven, 1 -- Part I. The rising actors -- 2. Chinas's search for oil security: a critique / Andrew B. Kennedy, 23 -- 3. Materials, markets, multilateralism: a strategic approach to India's resource challenges / David Steven and Arunabha Ghosh, 40 -- 4. Brazil's principled pragmatism: a viable response to the new geopolitics of resource competition? / Antonio Jorge Ramalho, 71 -- 5. The big squeeze: Nigeria on the brink / Mark Weston, 89 -- Part II. Facets of resource security -- 6. Routes to energy security: the geopolitics of gas pipelines between the EU and its southeastern neighbors / Angel Saz-Carraza and Marie Vandendriessche, 117 -- 7. Energy rivalry between India and China: less than meets the eye? / C. Raja Mohan and Lydia Powell, 144 -- 8. Resource security in Saudi Arabia: domestic challenges and global implications / Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, 168 -- 9. Governance for a resient food system / Alex Evans, 187 -- 10. Water security: global implications and responses / Daniel Kim Chai Yeo, 210 -- 11. Oil, domestic politics, and international conflict / Jeff D. Colgan, 226 -- 12. Russian gambles on resource scarcity: energy intrigues in a time of political crisis / Pavel K. Baev, 245 -- Part III. The critical actor -- 13. Challenges to sustainable growth after the great recession: how America can lead / Joshoua Meltzer, David Steven, and Claire Langley, 263 -- 14. Governance challenges and the role of the United States in the New energy Landscape / Kevin Massy, 318 -- Contributors, 335 -- Index, 337.

Examina las dimensiones políticas de los retos estratégicos de recursos a nivel nacional e internacional, incluida la energía y los mercados de alimentos, la escasez de agua, y las funciones de los diversos actores, como los EE.UU., China, India, Rusia, Arabia Saudita, y otros.