气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Facilitating peaceful rise: The increasing role of geopolitics and domestic legitimacy in China's energy policy

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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112532
	Facilitating peaceful rise: The increasing role of geopolitics and domestic legitimacy in China's energy policy
	Boyd R.; Ufimtseva A.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	158
英文摘要	An increasingly hostile geopolitical environment may be seen as threatening China's energy security in ways that could trigger conflict. Through an analysis of the impact of the interaction between fossil fuel import dependency and geopolitical conflict upon energy security-driven policy options, we identify the possibility that China's energy policies fit within a general strategy of conflict pre-emption. A “winning without fighting” orientation that generally sidesteps potential conflict while maintaining progress toward the strategic objective of China's continued rise. In addition, we analyze the domestic politicization of local air pollution, which represented a possible threat to the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). By responding to this politicization in a timely and highly effective manner, the CCP has side-stepped domestic conflict and enhanced its domestic legitimacy. As the largest global consumer and importer of fossil fuels and emitter of greenhouse gases, China's energy policy will be a core part of any low-carbon energy transition. However, our analysis finds that climate change is at best a minor independent determinant of China's energy policy. Ultimately, we argue that China's energy policies are intertwined and optimized with many other policy objectives, requiring an inter-disciplinary and holistic approach to fully understand their determinants. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	China; Energy security; Energy transition; Great power politics; United States
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Climate change; Energy policy; Fossil fuels; Greenhouse gases; China; Energy transitions; Global consumers; Great power politic; Local air pollutions; Policy options; Potential conflict; Power politics; Strategic objectives; United state; Energy security; energy policy; fossil fuel; geopolitics; party politics; political power; China; United States
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256553
作者单位	Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada; Beedle School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Boyd R.,Ufimtseva A.. Facilitating peaceful rise: The increasing role of geopolitics and domestic legitimacy in China's energy policy[J],2021,158.
APA	Boyd R.,&Ufimtseva A..(2021).Facilitating peaceful rise: The increasing role of geopolitics and domestic legitimacy in China's energy policy.Energy Policy,158.
MLA	Boyd R.,et al."Facilitating peaceful rise: The increasing role of geopolitics and domestic legitimacy in China's energy policy".Energy Policy 158(2021).