Afghanistan factor in regional energy security and trade: Existing and projected challenges and opportunities

IF 1.8 Q4 ENERGY & FUELS AIMS Energy Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.3934/energy.2023012
Sabory Najib Rahman, Danish Mir Sayed Shah, Senjyu Tomonobo, Ahmadzai Mirwais
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Asia, where future world economic development is predicted and most of the energy resources are buried, has not been able to utilize its energy resources efficiently and remained at the core of political tensions, conflicts, terrorism and wars for decades. Major producers and consumers of fossil energy are located in this continent, and the potential of a vast energy market is inevitable. There are several challenges and opportunities associated with the energy trade in the region. On the one hand, the rivalries and competition over energy resources and territorial ownership and control between the USA, China and Russia have been the sources of most political and security issues in the region. However, on the other hand, the fast economic growth and availability of energy resources open up numerous trade and connectivity opportunities for the region. Afghanistan is a strategic state that serves as a geographic land-based hub for South Asia, Central Asia, China and the Middle East. It is no longer considered a land-locked country, but a strategic and key land link for the whole region. Afghanistan is the most economical and inimitable terrestrial corridor for the regional energy trade and transit upon which all stakeholders agree. Stability in Afghanistan will significantly change the importance of this region and open up doors for the realization of various mega projects, businesses and cultural exchange opportunities. Energy, as a strategic commodity for all of the regional countries, especially India and China as major consumers at present and in the future, will be a mega trade and connectivity opportunity.
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阿富汗因素在区域能源安全和贸易:现有的和预计的挑战和机遇
亚洲是预测未来世界经济发展的地方,大部分能源资源都埋藏在那里,但几十年来,亚洲未能有效利用其能源资源,一直处于政治紧张局势、冲突、恐怖主义和战争的核心。化石能源的主要生产国和消费国位于非洲大陆,巨大的能源市场的潜力是不可避免的。该地区的能源贸易面临着若干挑战和机遇。一方面,美国、中国和俄罗斯之间在能源资源和领土所有权和控制权方面的对抗和竞争是该地区大多数政治和安全问题的根源。但另一方面,该地区经济的快速增长和能源资源的丰富为该地区提供了大量的贸易和互联互通机会。阿富汗是一个战略国家,是南亚、中亚、中国和中东的地理陆上枢纽。它不再被认为是一个内陆国家,而是整个地区的战略和关键的陆地联系。阿富汗是所有利益攸关方都同意的区域能源贸易和过境最经济和最独特的陆地走廊。阿富汗的稳定将大大改变本地区的重要性,为实现各种大型项目、商业和文化交流打开大门。能源作为本地区所有国家的战略商品,特别是作为当前和未来主要消费国的印度和中国,将是一个巨大的贸易和互联互通机会。
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AIMS Energy
AIMS Energy ENERGY & FUELS-
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3.80
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34
审稿时长
12 weeks
期刊介绍: AIMS Energy is an international Open Access journal devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, original papers in the field of Energy technology and science. We publish the following article types: original research articles, reviews, editorials, letters, and conference reports. AIMS Energy welcomes, but not limited to, the papers from the following topics: · Alternative energy · Bioenergy · Biofuel · Energy conversion · Energy conservation · Energy transformation · Future energy development · Green energy · Power harvesting · Renewable energy
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