This book fills an important gap in the emerging corpus of research on energy security by offering fresh insights into the rise of China as a global superpower and ways in which its rise is perceived to threaten western energy security.

1. Introduction 2. Central Discourses: The China Threat Discourse 3. Central Discourses: The Energy Security Discourse 4. Case Study: The CNOOC/Unocal Affair 5. Conclusion

Andrew Stephen Campion is the Head of Research at the Atlantic Council, UK. His work focusses on the construction of security threats with an emphasis on energy and China.