Assessment of the Energy Trade Scope and Directions within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Occupation: Senior Researcher, Center for Japanese Studies
Affiliation: Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Problemy Dalnego Vostoka

Edition

Issue 6

Pages

35-46

Abstract

An interesting picture has emerged in the region of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. On the one hand, there are states included in the list of the world’s largest importers of energy resources — India and China. On the other hand, the Central Asian countries, including Russia, are net exporters of energy resources, and this type of export is extremely important for their macroeconomic stability. It is not surprising that the problems of organizing mutually beneficial trade in energy resources within the SCO are among the most urgent for the Organization’s agenda. Nevertheless, there are many disagreements on this issue, some of which have appeared recently, so the analysis and assessment of the energy component of cooperation between the SCO member states is in the focus of this article. It is also obvious that the current practice of multilateral participation in the energy dialogue can also be of great importance in the geopolitical context — as a factor of either additional cohesion or an increase in contradictions within the SCO. A certain role in this sense is also played by external regional actors such as Japan, which faces the permanent task of diversifying the directions of energy imports. Naturally, the SCO member states rich in oil, coal and natural gas (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Russia) are at the forefront of Tokyo’s energy diplomacy and determine the development of new concepts for promoting Japan’s energy interests in the region of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Keywords

The SCO, directions of energy trade, forecast of energy cooperation development, energy diplomacy, and geopolitical factors

Acknowledgment

This article was written under the funding of the Russian State University for the Humanities “project scientific collectives” (grant no. 2021-1-2) by the name “Transformation of the SCO Member States Energy Markets at Present Stage: Possibilities for Russia”.

Received

06.11.2021

Publication date

16.12.2021

Number of characters

32763

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GOST	Korneev V. Assessment of the Energy Trade Scope and Directions within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization // Problemy Dalnego Vostoka – 2021. – Issue 6 C. 35-46 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://pdv.jes.su/S013128120017347-2-1 (circulation date: 16.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013128120017347-2
MLA	Korneev, Valery "Assessment of the Energy Trade Scope and Directions within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization." Problemy Dalnego Vostoka 6 (2021):35-46. DOI: 10.31857/S013128120017347-2
APA	Korneev V. (2021). Assessment of the Energy Trade Scope and Directions within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Problemy Dalnego Vostoka (6), pp.35-46 DOI: 10.31857/S013128120017347-2

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