Rethinking Energy Security in Asia: A Non-Traditional View of Human Security

Traditional notions of security are premised on the primacy of state security. In relation to energy security, traditional policy thinking has focused on ensuring supply without much emphasis on socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Non-traditional sec

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Editors Mely Caballero-Anthony Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 Singapore

Nur Azha Putra Energy Studies Institute Energy Security Division National University of Singapore Block A, #10-01 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Singapore 119620 Singapore

Youngho Chang Division of Economics Nanyang Technological University 14 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637332 Singapore

ISSN 2193-3162 ISBN 978-3-642-29702-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-29703-8

ISSN 2193-3170 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-29703-8 (eBook)

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Preface

In 2008, the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, convened a conference on Energy and Non-Traditional Security. This volume represents selected papers from th