TY - BOOK AU - COPLEY Gregory R TI - How would the world change if the international energy trade transformed? PY - 2013/// KW - ENERGY SECURITY KW - STRATEGIC RESOURCES KW - SHALE GAS KW - OIL SANDS N2 - The development of shale gas and tar sands will have a potentially dramatic effect on geopolitics in the coming decades. This article considers how power balances may shift away from economies built on energy exports particularly if they have been unable to diversify sufficiently, and what these changes mean for strategic defence and security planning ER -