Overview

This book is a comprehensive examination of the dynamics of India’s energy security policy in the domestic and international context. Over the past decade and a half, energy security has been a constant driver of India’s foreign policy. Successive Indian governments have emphasized it as a major concern, next only to food security. The long-term satisfaction of India’s energy security needs calls for a fresh and multi-pronged approach. This is imperative in the light of the recent dynamics of India’s foreign policy and the challenges that India is facing in its quest for energy security, mainly in the context of diversification of sources abroad and shift to alternative sources in a carbon-controlled environment. This is further intensified in the context of the complex and competitive strategic rivalry between India and China in the Indo-Pacific region, as India looks outward and expands its outreach to meet its pressing energy security challenges. The book presents an in-depth analysis of all such domestic and foreign policy challenges and measures to meet India’s fast-growing energy demand in a competitive geopolitical environment.

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Author:   Ashok Sharma
Publisher:   SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Imprint:   SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9789353285395

ISBN 10:   9353285399
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   24 June 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword by V.K. Singh Preface Acknowledgements Energy Security as a Concept: Thematic Issues in India’s Energy Security in Domestic and International Settings India’s Energy Reserves and Energy Mix: Addressing the Demand in a Carbon Controlled Environment India’s Domestic Measures to Energy Security: Exploration and Production, Privatization and Energy Efficiency Energy Security as a Foreign Policy Priority: India’s Diversification of Energy Acquisition Sources and Exploration Abroad India’s Quest for Atomic Energy: Diplomacy and Nuclear Agreements India’s Quest for Energy Security Abroad: India-China Energy Geopolitics and Great Game Conclusion Bibliography Index

Reviews

After an edifying and well-received book, Indian Lobbying and its Influence in US Decision Making, Dr Ashok Sharma turns his focus on an increasingly critical sector of India's domestic and foreign policy-energy security-key to its economic ambitions. The country faces several challenges-environmental, equity-based, economic, technological and geopolitical-to meet its energy deficit. They have powerful implications for India's energy policy. Dr Sharma's comprehensive study concludes that the choices the country has made balance the demands of these challenges both effectively and strategically. This timely and scholarly book dealing with the complex issue of energy security is highly recommended for academics, policymakers and anyone seriously interested in India's quest for energy security. -- Ambassador Lalit Mansingh, * Former Foreign Secretary of India and Ambassador to the United States * This remarkable book by Ashok Sharma is, to the best of my knowledge, the first to examine key issues related to India's energy security in a comprehensive manner. Several factors combine to make energy security one of the key challenges facing not just India but the world economy as well. While high GDP growth rates in India are necessary to raise living standards and reduce poverty, such growth rates will also sharply raise energy demand. The source and composition of such energy are also crucial given the twin challenges of climate change as well as the paucity of domestic sources of energy, the latter necessitating India's deep involvement in energy diplomacy to face challenges from China. Sharma's book is an erudite exposition of all these key issues. It will be invaluable to policymakers and students. I recommend it strongly. -- Professor Raghbendra Jha, * Executive Director, Australia South Asia Research Centre, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University * After his first seminal book Indian Lobbying and Its Influence on US Decision Making, Dr Sharma takes a thorough study of India's energy security. Dr Sharma observes that much of the global energy demand will be due to growth from India and China. India, the world's third largest energy consumer, will continue to supersede the growth rate of all major economies. This will increase its oil and gas import dependency. India is also turning to renewables and nuclear sources, signalling a shift to a more environment-friendly energy policy. Dr Sharma argues that India's energy policy is in need of a multifaceted approach. The domestic measures and reserves are not sufficient. The book is a thorough and meticulous account of India's attempt to diversify its oil and gas imports dependency on the Middle East, and how such a pursuit places India in direct competition with China which is further intensified by a complex great power politics in the Indo-Pacific region. A must-read for both academic and policy professionals and anyone interested in the evolution of India's quest for energy security and the consequent geopolitical ramifications. -- Emeritus Professor Dov Bing, * Department of Political Science and Public Policy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand *

After his first seminal book Indian Lobbying and Its Influence on US Decision Making, Dr Sharma takes a thorough study of India's energy security. Dr Sharma observes that much of the global energy demand will be due to growth from India and China. India, the world's third largest energy consumer, will continue to supersede the growth rate of all major economies. This will increase its oil and gas import dependency. India is also turning to renewables and nuclear sources, signalling a shift to a more environment-friendly energy policy. Dr Sharma argues that India's energy policy is in need of a multifaceted approach. The domestic measures and reserves are not sufficient. The book is a thorough and meticulous account of India's attempt to diversify its oil and gas imports dependency on the Middle East, and how such a pursuit places India in direct competition with China which is further intensified by a complex great power politics in the Indo-Pacific region. A must-read for both academic and policy professionals and anyone interested in the evolution of India's quest for energy security and the consequent geopolitical ramifications. -- Emeritus Professor Dov Bing, * Department of Political Science and Public Policy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand * This remarkable book by Ashok Sharma is, to the best of my knowledge, the first to examine key issues related to India's energy security in a comprehensive manner. Several factors combine to make energy security one of the key challenges facing not just India but the world economy as well. While high GDP growth rates in India are necessary to raise living standards and reduce poverty, such growth rates will also sharply raise energy demand. The source and composition of such energy are also crucial given the twin challenges of climate change as well as the paucity of domestic sources of energy, the latter necessitating India's deep involvement in energy diplomacy to face challenges from China. Sharma's book is an erudite exposition of all these key issues. It will be invaluable to policymakers and students. I recommend it strongly. -- Raghbendra Jha, * Professor of Economics and Executive Director, Australia South Asia Research Centre, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National Uni * After an edifying and well-received book, Indian Lobbying and its Influence in US Decision Making, Dr Ashok Sharma turns his focus on an increasingly critical sector of India's domestic and foreign policy-energy security-key to its economic ambitions. The country faces several challenges-environmental, equity-based, economic, technological and geopolitical-to meet its energy deficit. They have powerful implications for India's energy policy. Dr Sharma's comprehensive study concludes that the choices the country has made balance the demands of these challenges both effectively and strategically. This timely and scholarly book dealing with the complex issue of energy security is highly recommended for academics, policymakers and anyone seriously interested in India's quest for energy security. -- Ambassador Lalit Mansingh, * Former Foreign Secretary of India and Ambassador to the United States *

Author Information

Ashok Sharma is currently a Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra, at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). Dr Sharma is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Institute of Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra. He is the Head of the South Asia Strategic, Security and State Fragile Program and Conjoint Head of the Indo-Pacific and Major Power Studies Program at the National Asian Studies Centre at the University of Canberra. He is also a Deputy Chair at New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Auckland.  Prior to joining the UNSW at ADFA in 2016, Dr Sharma was a Fellow at Australia–India Institute, the University of Melbourne, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland, a Visiting Academic at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, and an Endeavour Post- Doctoral Fellow at the Australian National University in 2008. Dr Sharma has a BA (Hons) in Political Science from Ramjas College, University of Delhi, an MA in Political Science and an MPhil and PhD in American Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was a Faculty at the University of Delhi and worked with think tanks based in New Delhi, namely Brookings Project at the Observer Research Foundation, Centre for Air Power Studies and Centre for Land Warfare Studies. Dr Sharma specializes in great power politics with emphasis on US–India–China geopolitics. He is extensively published and is the author of well-received book Indian Lobbying and its Influence in US Decision Making: Post-Cold War (SAGE Publications, 2017). 

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