The fascinating history of how coal-based energy became entangled with American security. Since the early twentieth century, Americans have associated oil with national security. From World War I to American involvement in the Middle East, this connection has seemed a self-evident truth. But, as Peter A. Shulman argues, Americans had to learn to think about the geopolitics of energy in terms…
The second, completely updated edition of this widely read and respected guide is the most authoritative survey available on the perennial question of energy security. Energy and Security gathers today's topmost foreign policy and energy experts and leaders to assess how the United States can integrate its energy and national security interests. This edition offers fresh analysis and insight…
Disruptive digital technologies are poised to reshape world energy markets. A new wave of industrial innovation, driven by the convergence of automation, artificial intelligence, and big data analytics, is remaking energy and transportation systems in ways that could someday end the age of oil. What are the consequences—not only for the environment and for daily life but also for geopolitics …
This Handbook examines the subject of energy security: its definition, dimensions, ways to measure and index it, and the complicating factors that are often overlooked. The volume identifies varying definitions and dimensions of energy security, including those that prioritize security of supply and affordability alongside those that emphasize availability, energy efficiency, trade, environm…
This open access book considers that the Central and South Asian region sits at the middle of geographical, geopolitical, economic and historical cross-roads. Since the independence of the Central Asian states in the 1990s, following the demise of the Soviet Union, and emergence of regional trade and political ties means that the region’s evolution has also been subject to common drivers – …
Penyusunan Policy Brief ini bertolak dari kebutuhan nasional untuk mendorong nilai tambah batubara sebagai sumber daya domestik yang melimpah, sekaligus mengurangi ketergantungan terhadap produk impor kimia dasar. Dalam hal ini, hilirisasi batubara menjadi methanol dan DME, serta pemanfaatan produk samping seperti coal tar menuju industri aromatik dan resin plastik, menjadi simpul strategi…
Update Pohon Industri yang disusun oleh Kementerian Perindustrian tahun 2024 telah cukup lengkap dan komprehensif. Untuk itu penyusunan Policy Brief ini bertolak dari kebutuhan nasional untuk mendorong nilai tambah berupa kesiapan rantai pasok bahan baku industri kimia dalam negeri eksisting yang saat ini masih import dan mempertimbangkan perlunya dilakukan optimasi dan prioritisasi pemanfaat…
Policy Brief ini disusun sebagai kontribusi teknis dan kebijakan untuk memperkaya dokumen Peta Jalan Industri Kimia Dasar Berbasis Migas, Batubara dan Biomasa 2025–2045 yang disusun Kemenperin tahun 2024, khususnya dalam mempertajam hilirisasi kelapa sawit menjadi produk kimia yang bernilai tinggi tidak hanya untuk kebutuhan energi dan pangan
This book presents the common thread of the theory of economic development with the concept of sustainable development transformed in the financial services industry sector, otherwise known as sustainable financing. This book describes the basic concepts of sustainable financing practices in each sector of the financial services industry, both the banking industry, the capital market and the no…
Since 2007, entrepreneur and philanthropist Vikas Shah MBE has been on a mission to interview the people shaping our century. Including conversations with world leaders, Nobel prizewinners, business leaders, artists, and Olympians, he quizzes the minds that matter on the big questions that concern us all. We often talk of war and conflict, the economy, culture, technology, and revolutions as if…