Introduction / G.B. Collins, A.S. Erickson, L.J. Goldstein, and W.S. Murray
Part I: Chinas's energy future and national security strategy
Dilemmas and imperatives of Beijing's strategic energy independence: the PLA perspective / J. Mulvenon
Energy as China's Achilles Heel? / C.W. Freeman, Jr.
Scenarios for the Chinese Economy / D.H. Rosen and T. Houser
The past, present and future of China's energy sector / D. Pietz
The geopolitics of China's LNG development / M. Herberg
Chinese efforts to create a national tanker fleet / G.B. Collins and A.S. Erickson
Part II: China's global energy access
China's naval ambitions in the Indian Ocean / J.R. Holmes and T. Yoshihara
China's energy strategy toward the Middle East: Saudi Arabia / S. Rahim
China's Evolving relationship with Iran / A. Hashim
the energy component of China's Africa strategy / C. Shelton
China's continental energy strategy: Russia and Central Asia / V. Kozyrev
Carving up the East China Sea / P. Dutton
China, the South China Sea, and U.S. strategy / J. Garofino
Part III: China's naval development and concerns regarding energy access denial
Chinese naval analysts consider the energy question / G.B. Collins, A.S. Erickson, and L.J. Goldstein
The energy factor in Chinese maritime strategy / B.D. Cole
China's surface combatants and the new SLOC Defense Imperative / J. Bussert
A comparative historical approach to blockade strategies: implications for China / B. Elleman
No oil for the lamps of China? / G.B. Collins and W.S. Murray
Part IV: China's energy security and US. China relations
China's naval modernization effort: Potential implications for required US. Navy capabilities / R. O'Rourke
Concerns with respect to China's energy policy / D. Blumenthal
Energy insecurity with Chinese and American characteristics: realities and possibilities / J.D. Pollack.