| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 國際事務與戰略研究所碩士在職專班 === 98 === Petroleum has been one of the main maritime cargos among countries for recent years. This study investigates the petroleum transport security problems by analyzing the geopolitical factors of oil security in China. Seen in this light, this study gains further understanding of the strategies and steps adopted to ensure the safety of oil waterways under the peaceful rise of China so as to realize the impact of oil security strategies on the national security of China and external relationship.
This study hereby on the basis of the current energy supply and demand in China, the origin of the peaceful rise of China as well as relative theories regarding sea power and geopolitical security proposes four questions: what the geopolitical factors after the peaceful rise of China are; what the aspects influenced by the China petroleum security are; with what fields of threat the petroleum transport security can be confronted; how to maintain the transport security of oil supply through economics, foreign affairs, and military actions with the complex international situation.
This study proposes some discussion on the basis of the strategy adopted by China to maintain the waterway transport security. The first strategy is the establishment of long distance marine modernization such as the advance of far ocean battle ability, the establishment of pearl chained harbors and the increase of proportion of national oil through national transport. The second strategy is the participation of security collaboration among regional organizations from the marine security collaboration between China and America to the establishment of maritime security troops. The third strategy is the establishment of internet substitute route to dilute the risk such as the construction of land pipeline from Russia to the Middle East and the railways, the highways as well as the pipeline in the Southeast area.
This study concludes by proposing the conditions, the new image, the view of security and development as well as the international perspective of the peaceful rise of China. Findings illustrate issues regarding the peaceful rise of China and the geopolitical conflict of petroleum transit, economical developmental key points, vanishment of threats and concerns, development of autonomy at sea, American mindset of containment and Taiwan problem. At last, with the expectation to draw public attention onto oil issues and reflections, this study reaches from the understanding of the connection between petroleum and national security to the manifestation of China’s peaceful rise to gain stable geopolitical strategies, influence of soft power onto the Southeast area, utilization of geopolitical factors to control oil transport policy and establishment of long distance navy strategy.
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