Full Title: The Geopolitics of Australian Natural Gas Development
Author(s): Ronald D. Ripple
Publisher(s): James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University
Publication Date: January 1, 2014
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Description (excerpt):
Australia will have an impact on the geopolitics of natural gas over the next decade and beyond, no matter which scenario of the future comes to be. Australia is geographically well- positioned to continue to engage with the Asia-Pacific energy markets where more than 60% of the global trade in LNG is transacted. And it has very supportive political and business communities motivated to monetize its substantial natural resource wealth. Australia also continues to provide an alternative source of energy to the region from a mature, politically stable democracy, where energy export decisions are driven by commercial, economic motives rather than political.