The geopolitics of energy in South Asia / edited by Marie Lall.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Oil and gas pricing policies in India / S. Narayan -- India's new foreign policy : the journey from moral non-alignment to the nuclear deal / Marie Lall -- Regional integration in South Asia and energy cooperation : opportunities and challenges / Aparna Shivpuri Singh -- Pakistan's energy crisis : challenges and opportunities / Iftikhar A. Lodhi -- Energy security and geopolitics in South Asia : historical baggage, global powers, and rational choice / Iftikhar A. Lodhi -- Energy cooperation between India and Bangladesh : economics and geopolitics / M. Shahidul Islam -- Sino-Indian energy politics / Mingjiang Li -- Linkages in urban and energy policies : an analysis of China and India / Indu Rayadurgam -- Strategic petroleum reserves in China and India / Elspeth Thomson -- New partnerships in energy in Asia between India, Japan, and Singapore / Mark Hong -- The geopolitics of energy in India : implications for Southeast Asia / Deepak L. Waikar.

Energy security has become a central concern for all the countries in the Asian region and the search for sufficient sources of energy to fuel economic growth has drastically influenced relations among the South Asian countries as well as their respective relations with their neighbours China, Myanmar, Iran, and Afghanistan. The recent nuclear deal between India and the US is also indicative of how energy and power politics are linked and how these new inter-linkages underlie relations between states. This book aims to give a South Asian perspective on the geopolitics of energy, with a central.