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China’s Rise and Changing Order in East Asia pp 173–196Cite as

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Pathways to a Northeast Asian Energy Regime

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Gaye Christoffersen notes that, though the opportunity for multilateral Northeast Asian energy cooperation has existed for years, nothing substantial has been achieved. Christoffersen reviews past cooperation proposals that all foundered on distributional conflicts. Nevertheless, these failed efforts developed a dormant network of experts and consultation mechanisms that could coalesce into a multilateral “regime complex” in the right circumstances. A successful “mini-lateral” joint project could do this and grow into a broader regional mechanism.

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  1. Hopkins-Nanjing Center, Johns Hopkins-SAIS, Nanjing, China

    Gaye Christoffersen

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Acronyms

Acronyms

ACE:

ASEAN Center on Energy

ADB:

Asian Development Bank

APEC:

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

APEC ESI:

APEC Energy Security Initiative

APEC EWG:

APEC Energy Working Group

APERC:

Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre

APG:

ASEAN Power Grid

APP:

Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate

ARF:

ASEAN Regional Forum

ASEAN:

Association of South East Asian Nations

ASEAN+3:

ASEAN plus China, Japan, South Korea

CSCAP:

Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific

EAS:

East Asian Summit

ECNEA:

Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia

EEWG:

Working Group on Economic and Energy Cooperation

ERINA:

Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia

GMS:

Greater Mekong Sub-Region Interconnection

GTI:

Greater Tumen Initiative

IEA:

International Energy Agency

IEEJ:

Institute of Energy Economics Japan

IEI:

International Energy Initiative

KEDO:

Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization

KEEI:

Korean Energy Economics Institute

NAGPF:

Northeast Asian Gas and Pipeline Forum

NDRC:

National Development and Reform Commission

NEACD:

Northeast Asian Cooperation Dialogue

NEAPF:

Northeast Asia Petroleum Forum

SCO:

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

SED:

U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue

TAGP:

Trans-ASEAN gas pipeline

TCOG:

Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group

UNESCAP:

UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

UNDP:

United Nations Development Programme

WG-EPP:

Working Group on Energy Planning and Cooperation, Intergovernmental Collaborative Mechanism on Energy Cooperation in Northeast Asia

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Christoffersen, G. (2016). Pathways to a Northeast Asian Energy Regime. In: Arase, D. (eds) China’s Rise and Changing Order in East Asia. Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-352-00023-8_10

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