Energy Infrastructure Cooperation Between China and the Caspian Region States

  • Author: Justyna Misiągiewicz
  • Institution: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-2735
  • Year of publication: 2024
  • Source: Show
  • Pages: 135-155
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2024.83.08
  • PDF: apsp/83/apsp8308.pdf

This study’s research problem is the determinants, evolution and implementation of cooperation in the energy dimension between the Caspian states of Central Asia (Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Pipeline routes are determined considering economic conditions, but are also the result of geopolitical actions of the states. The study aims to verify the research hypothesis that the specificity of cooperation in the energy field between the Caspian states and China is conditioned by objective economic interdependencies, but also results from geopolitical conditions. A predictive approach, related to the future role of the Caspian region in the energy market, was taken into account. A factor method was used in the analysis to identify the determinants of cooperation in the energy dimension between the Caspian states and China. A theoretical approach useful in solving the research problem is the geopolitical (geo-energy) approach and the theory of complex interdependence.

Współpraca w zakresie infrastruktury energetycznej między Chinami a państwami regionu kaspijskiego

Problemem badawczym niniejszego opracowania jest kwestia uwarunkowań, ewolucji i przejawów współpracy w wymiarze energetycznym między państwami kaspijskimi Azji Centralnej (Kazachstanem i Turkmenistanem) i Chińską Republiką Ludową (ChRL). Trasy rurociągów wyznaczane są z uwzględnieniem uwarunkowań ekonomicznych, ale są także efektem działań geopolitycznych państw. Celem opracowania jest weryfikacja hipotezy badawczej, mówiącej, iż specyfika współpracy w wymiarze energetycznym między państwami kaspijskimi Azji Centralnej i Chinami warunkowana jest obiektywnymiwspółzależnościami ekonomicznymi, ale również wynika z uwarunkowań geopolitycznych.Uwzględniono podejście predyktywne, związane z przyszłą rolą regionu kaspijskiego na rynku energetycznym. W analizie wykorzystano metodę czynnikową, która pozwoliła określić uwarunkowania współpracy w wymiarze energetycznym między państwami kaspijskimi Azji Centralnej i Chinami.Podejściem teoretycznym użytecznym w rozwiązaniu problemu badawczego jestpodejście geopolityczne (geo-energetyczne) oraz teoria kompleksowej współzależności.

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