Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: energy policy on the edge / Bruce J ones and David Steven -- The rising actors -- China's search for oil se curity : a critique / Andrew B. Kennedy, Senior Lecturer, Australian Na tional University -- Materials, markets, multilateralism : a strategic approach to India's resource challenges / David Steven and Arunabha Gho sh, CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water -- Brazil's pri ncipled pragmatism : a viable response to the new geopolitics of resour ce competition? / Antonio Ramalho, Professor, University of Brasâilia - - The big squeeze : Nigeria on the brink / Mark Weston, Policy Consulta nt, Riverpath Associates -- Facets of resource security -- Routes to en ergy security : the geopolitics of gas pipelines between the EU and its southeastern neighbors / Angel Saz-Carranza and Marie Vandendriessche -- Energy rivalry between India and China : less than meets the eye? / C. Raja Mohan, Head of Strategic Studies, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, and Lydia Powell, Head, Centre for Resources Management, Ob server Research Foundation, New Delhi -- Resource security in Saudi Ara bia : domestic challenges and global implications / Kristian Coates Ulr ichsen, Research Fellow, Department of Governance, London School of Eco nomics -- Governance for a resilient food system / Alexander Evans, Sen ior Fellow, NYU CIC -- Water security : global implications and respons es / Daniel Kim Chai Yeo, Fellow, WaterAid -- Oil, domestic politics, a nd international conflict / Jeff D. Colgan, Brown University -- Russia gambles on resource scarcity : energy intrigues in a time of political crisis / Pavel K. Baev, Research Professor, PRIO -- The critical actor -- Challenges to sustainable growth after the Great Recession : how Ame rica can lead / Joshua Meltzer, David Steven, and Claire Langley -- Gov ernance burdens and the role of the United States in the new energy lan dscape / Kevin Massy, Fellow, Brookings Institution -- Contributors -- Index.

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