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ISBN: 978 81 7188 754 5
Format: Hardback
Pages: 260
List price(s): 38.50 GBP 44.95 USD 43.00 EUR
Publication date: 14 August 2009
In debates on the geopolitics of energy security, the spotlight has fallen on Africa as a key source of oil and gas outside the volatile West Asia. This book discusses Africa's role in the global search for oil, the multiple consequences of energy production across the African continent and India's multifarious approach to Africa.
In current debates on the geopolitics of energy security, the spotlight has fallen on Africa as a key source of oil and gas outside the volatile West Asia. The American, European and Asian oil companies are rushing to acquire a stake in Africa's oil wealth. This book represents an effort to go beyond state-centered views of energy security, bridging local perspectives on energy resources and global framing of energy as a security concern. It brings together contributions from an international team of experts and eminent persons in African affairs to provide an analytically rich assessment of Africa's role in the global search for oil, the multiple consequences of energy production across the African continent and India's multifarious approach to Africa. The analysis is enriched by Indian and African perspectives and anchored in detailed country case studies.
Ruchita Beri is a Research Officer at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). She specialises on political and security issues of Sub-Saharan Africa. She has an M.Phil from the Centre for West Asian and African Studies, School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and a Diploma on Conflict Studies from the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden. She is currently the Vice President of the African Studies Association of India and an alumna of the Women in International Security (WIIS), USA. She has lectured at the National Defence College, New Delhi and College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai. She has published several articles in books and academic journals. Uttam Kumar Sinha is a Fellow at IDSA, New Delhi. He is also the assistant editor of Strategic Digest and Member, Editorial Board, Strategic Analysis