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100 1 _aGOLDSTEIN Lyle
700 _aKOZYREV Vitaly
245 _aChina, Japan and the scramble for Siberia /
_cLyle Goldstein, Vitaly Kozyrev
260 _c2006
520 _aSiberia's oil and gas industries are beginning to tap the areas huge reserves. Japan and China are competing for access to these supplies. The routing of the supply pipeline has not been finalised (options are into China, or around China to Russia's east coast). This article argues that there are unresolved tensions for Russia between commercial logic, which favours China, and balance of power which favours Japan. Suggests that Europe and the USA should use their influence to support the Russia Japan links.
650 _aSIBERIA
650 _aOIL PIPELINES
650 _aCHINA
_xENERGY NEEDS
650 _aJAPAN
_xENERGY NEEDS
650 _aEAST ASIA
_xREGIONAL SECURITY
773 _aSurvival:
_gVol. 48, No 1, Spring 2006, pp.163-178 (106)
598 _aENERGY
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