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Original research article
Energy: The missing link in globalization
Indra Overland
a,∗,1aNorwegianInstituteofInternationalAffairs,PB8159Dep.,0033Oslo,Norway
a r t i c l e i n f o
Articlehistory:
Received18August2015
Receivedinrevisedform21January2016 Accepted28January2016
Keywords:
Energy Globalization Measurement Methodology
a b s t r a c t
Energyresourcesaretransportedlongdistancesandcreatepowerfulinterlinkagesbetweencountries.
Energythuscontributestotheglobalizationoftheworld,buthasreceivedlittleattentionintheglob- alizationliterature.Thisarticlehypothesizesthatenergyglobalizationisgrowingandaccelerating.The hypothesisistestedbydevelopinganindextomeasurechangesintheextentofenergyglobalization duringthe20-yearperiodfrom1992to2011.Thefollowingsub-indicatorsareincludedintheindex:
numberofenergytraderelationships,averagedistanceofenergytraderelationships,andenergydepen- dencyofthecountriesintheworld.Thedevelopmentoftheindexencountersanumberofconceptualand methodologicalchallengesrelatedtoglobalization,which,itturnsout,havenotbeenaddressedproperly inthebroaderliterature.Clarificationoftheseissuescanhelpimprovetheanalysisofglobalization.
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1. Introduction
Duringmostofhumanexistence,peoplewouldgooutsidetheir house,tent,orcave;gathersomedeadbranchesorchopdowna tree;andthat wastheirsourceofenergy. Onlyduringthepast fewhundredyearshavegrowingnumbersofpeopleobtainedtheir energyfromfurtherafield,anditssupplyhasthusbecomeentan- gledinfarawaylocationsandevents.Thisisparticularlytrueofoil, butalsoofalltheotherenergytypesthatcanbemovedacrossbor- ders:coal,electricity,naturalgas,andnuclearfuel—allofwhichthis articledealswith.Theseenergyinterlinkagesareaformofglobal- izationthatcontributestoincreasinginteractionbetweendifferent partsoftheworld.
The Middle-East oil crises of 1973 and 1979 and the Russian–Ukrainiangascrisesof2006,2009,and2014illustratethe dependencyaspectofenergyglobalization[29,p.13].Hadimport- ingcountriessuchastheUnitedStatesandUkrainebeenenergy self-sufficient,theseeventscouldnothaveoccurred.Ontheother hand,energyresourcesareunevenlydistributedandifallcoun- triesintheworldweretomakedowiththeirownresources,there wouldbeevenmoreenergypovertyintheworldthanthereisnow.
Currently,1.4billionpeoplearenotconnectedtoanelectricitygrid, and2.7billionpeoplerelyontraditionalbiomassforcooking,with
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1 Spokespersonforprixindex.netpoliticalriskforecastingforworldoilmarkets.
theresultingfumescausinglarge-scalepulmonaryhealthproblems [34,p.1][37,p.153].
Theglobalizationliteraturecoversalargenumberofsub-topics, includingeconomics(e.g.,[20,26,28]),politics(e.g.,[39,6,7]),cul- ture(e.g.,[8,57,23]),socialrelations(e.g.,[40]),technology(e.g., [41,25,74])andmigration(e.g.,[63]).However,energyisamissing link.Aseminalanalysisofover4000articlesaboutenergyiden- tified15mainenergytopicsand71sub-topics,butglobalization isnotamongthem([60,p.6],cf.[61]).Thisisalsoconfirmedbya seriesofsearchesintheThomsonReutersWebofSciencedatabase [64].AsshowninTable1,therearemanypublicationsonenergy andmanyonglobalization,buthardlyanytouchonbothenergy andglobalization.Noneareasystematicanalysisofenergyglob- alizationperse.Manyconcernirrelevanttopics,suchasnutrition ordentalcare,whileothersareonrelevantbutnarrowertopics:
theconsequencesofglobalizationfortheenergysectorinasingle energy-richcountryorregion(e.g.,[2,55,65]);energychallengesat thegloballevel,suchasclimatechangeorenergysecurity(e.g., [10]); ortheinternationalization of marketsfor specificenergy types(e.g.,[4,5]).Onlya singlepublicationis abouttheprocess ofglobalizationinand throughtheenergysectoritself[30],but itisactuallylargelydevotedtoenergysecurity,USinterestsand theriseofAsia.Asearchincludingrelatedtermssuchas“transna- tionalism”and“internationalism”,whichwereusedmorebefore
“globalization”cameintowidespreaduseinthe1970s,doesnot givedifferentresults.Neverhasasystematicanalysisprovidingan overallassessmentormeasurementofenergyglobalizationatthe globallevelbeenpublished.
Inaddition,anexaminationofthesixmaincompositeindices ofglobalizationfindsthatnoneincludeanenergysub-indicator.
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Table1
Bibliographicaldatabasesearch;titles,abstractsandkeywords;publishedbetween 1900and2015;limitedtosocialsciences[64].
Searchterms Hits
“Energy” 81332
“Globali*ation” 27957
“Energyandglobalization” 251
“Energyglobali*ation” 0
ThisincludestheKearneyForeignPolicyGlobalizationIndex[70], theKonjunkturforschungsstelle(KOF)Index[56,15,16],theCen- trefortheStudyofGlobalisationandRegionalisation(CSGR)Index [71,36,49],theMaastrichtGlobalizationIndex(MGI)[17,24],the NewGlobalizationIndex[76],andtheG-Index[75].Foranoverview oftheseindices,see[59].
AsYatchew[68,p.74]formulatedit,“thepursuitofenergyisa fundamentaldriverofhumanhistory”(cf.[62,p.65]).Energyunder- pinstheeconomicgrowthandmilitarymightofcountries[51,p.1].
Itisseenasapotentialdriverofinternationalconflict—overpoliti- calinfluenceinmajoroil-producingcountries,militarycontrolover transportchokepointsandrightstocontinentalshelves[48,p.1].
Oilcompaniesaresomeoftheworld’slargestmultinationalcorpo- rations.Thelargestinternationaloilcompaniestypicallyoperate inscoresofcountriesacrossallcontinents,withinvestmentsof tensofbillionsofUSDinseveralofthemandtensofthousandsof employeesspreadaroundtheworld(e.g.,[22,9]).
Energy must therefore be central to globalization, and its absencefromtheglobalizationliteratureisanimportantomission.
Itisdifficulttosaywhytherehasbeensolittleattentiontoenergy intheliterature.Perhapsmanyofthosewhohavestudiedglobal- izationseeenergyasasetofsimplecommoditiesandoverlookits crucialroleinthefunctioningofsocieties;andperhapsmanythose whohaveengagedinthestudyofenergy,manyofwhomhave apreferenceforharddata,haveassociatedtheglobalizationtopic withauthorssuchasRosenau[58]andseeitaswishy-washy.Inany case,thepurposeofthisarticleistocontributetofillingthegapat threelevels:conceptually,empirically,andmethodologically.
2. Hypothesis
Oneofthefewworksthattouchesonthetopicofenergyglobal- izationisKeohaneandNye’s[38]bookPowerandInterdependence.
Thebackdropandinspirationfortheirbookwastheoilcrisisof 1973,whichwasprecipitatedbyincreasingimportsof oilfrom thePersianGulftoWesterncountries,whereprivatecarowner- shipwasontherise.SinceKeohaneand Nyewrotetheirbook, therehavebeenmanynewdevelopmentsthatmayhaveaccel- eratedenergyglobalization.One exampleisthebuildingofthe China–Turkmenistangaspipeline.ByconnectingTurkmenistanto China’sdomesticgrid,thispipelinemakesitpossibletotransport gas some 7000km from Turkmenistan to Shanghai [3]. Turk- menistanisalreadyconnected4000kmwestwardsviaRussiaand UkraineandtheEuropeanpipelinegrid,whichinturnextendsfrom FinlandinthenorthtocentralAlgeriainthesouth.Inparalleldevel- opments,theEUisworkingtodissolveoldnationalmonopoliesand toliberalize,andthusintegrate,theEuropeangasmarket;inter- connectorshavebeencreatedbetweenthevariousnationalgrids ofEuropeancountries[54,p.124],andregasificationterminalshave beenconstructedalongtheEuropeanseaboardtoreceiveliquefied naturalgas(LNG)byshipfromotherpartsoftheworld(seeFig.1).
Suchdevelopmentscreatenewconnectionsbetweenthemarkets fornaturalgasindifferentpartsoftheworld.
Amorecomprehensiveoverviewofdevelopmentsthatpoint towardahypothesisofrisingglobalizationisprovidedinTable2.
TakingintoaccountthedevelopmentslistedinTable2,Ihypoth-
Fig.1.ThegrowingnumberofLNGterminalsinEurope.
esizethatenergyglobalizationisgrowingandaccelerating.This hypothesisisechoedbyGoldthauandBoersma[29,p.13]aswell as Harris [30,p. 272]: “Today... energy market globalization is unprecedentedinitspace,range,anddepth.”Onewayofassessing thehypothesisistocreateanindexofenergyglobalizationtomea- sureflowsofenergybetweendifferentcountriesandtrackchanges intheseflows.Therestofthisarticleisabouthowsuchanindexcan becomposedandtheinterestingconceptualandmethodological questionsthatitgivesriseto.
3. Definingglobalization
Therearemanydefinitionsofglobalization.In 2006,AlRod- han[1]gathered114definitions,and morehavebeenaddedto theliteraturein subsequentyears.Ihave selectedfourtextsas thestartingpointforanenergy-specificdefinitionofglobalization.
Thetextswereselectedbecausetheyemphasizeinterconnected- ness,interdependence,andinterrelations,anditmakessenseto putsuchaspectsatthecenterofananalysisofhowenergycreates interlinkagesaroundtheworld.Inaddition,theyrepresentthefull breadthofthetopicscoveredbytheglobalizationliterature,includ- ingcriminality,culture,economy,finance,geography,politics,and spirituality.Thefourtextsdefineglobalizationas:
“...thewidening, deepening and speeding up of worldwide interconnectednessinallaspectsofcontemporarysociallife, fromtheculturaltothecriminal,thefinancialtothespiritual...”
[73,p.2].
“...thegrowingeconomicinterdependenceofcountriesworld- widethroughtheincreasingvolumeandvarietyofcross-border transactionsingoodsandservicesandofinternationalcapital flows...”[74,p.45].
“...theintensificationofeconomic,political,socialandcultural relationsacrossborders...”[31,p.1].
“...theintensificationofworldwidesocialrelationswhichlink distantlocalitiesinsuchawaythatlocalhappeningsareshaped byeventsoccurringmanymilesawayandviceversa...”[27,p.
64].
Drawing on these four general definitions of globalization, energyglobalizationcanbedefinedasthegrowinginterconnect- ednessoftheworld’senergysuppliesthroughthemovementof growingvolumesofenergyovergreaterdistancesacrossinterna- tionalborders.Thisdefinitionwillbeoperationalizedthroughthe selectionofsub-indicatorsfortheenergyglobalizationindexinthe followingsectionsofthearticle.
Table2
Somefactorscontributingtoenergyglobalization,1995–2015.
Development Consequences
Growingenergyconsumptioninemergingeconomies > Makestheglobalconsumerpicturemorecomplexandmultipolar,lesscenteredontheWest Emerging/expandingpetroleum-producingregions > Makestheglobalproductionpicturemorecomplexandmultipolar(e.g.,theArctic,EastAfrica,
EastMediterranean,theRussianFarEastandBraziliandeepwater) Newnaturalgaspipelinesandinterconnectors > Expandsandconnectstheregionswithinwhichnaturalgasistraded Unconventionaloilandgastechnology > Increasesthenumberoflocationswhereoilandgasareextracted
IncreasedLNGcapacity > Makesitpossibletotradegasaroundtheworldratherthanonlywithinnationalandregional marketsconnectedbypipelines
Liberalizationoftradeinenergy-intensivecommodities > Liberalizationoftradeinenergy-intensivecommoditiessuchassteel,aluminumandcement leadstogreaterindirectcompetitionbetweencoal,hydropowerandnaturalgasmarkets aroundtheworld
Expandingregionalenergymarkets > Theareaswithinwhichelectricity,coalandfirewoodaretradedhaveexpanded geographically,promotedbyfree-tradeagreements,especiallyintheEU
Globalclimatepolicy > Manyactorsaimtocreateaunifiedglobalframeworkforallenergyuse,promotingsome energytypesanddiscouragingothers
Growingnumberofelectricmachines > Electriccars,bicycles,gardentools,householdappliances,etc.,useelectricitythatcanbe generatedbymanydifferentprimaryenergysources(nuclearpower,naturalgas,coal,wind power,solarenergy),thusbringingtheseenergysourcesintocompetitionwitheachothervia theexpandingelectricitymarket
GrowingnumberofNGVs > Naturalgasvehicles(NGVs)leadtoincreasedcompetitionbetweenoilandnaturalgasinthe transportsector,thusconnectingoilandnaturalmarketswithdifferentgeographicalcoverage Globalizationofnewsflowsandpublicopinion > Affectspatternsofenergyuseacrossnationalbordersthroughattitudestowardnuclear
power,renewableenergy,diesel,sportsutilityvehicles,electriccars,windmills,etc.
4. Selectionofsub-indicatorsforenergyglobalizationindex
Fortheconstructionoftheindex,itisimportanttofindindi- catorsthat:saysomethingmeaningfulaboutinternationalenergy relations;aredifferentfromeachother;andfor whichdataare available. The three sub-indicators selected according to these criteriaarenumberofenergytraderelationshipsintheworld;dis- tanceofenergytraderelationships;andenergydependency(see Table3).
Anenergy globalizationindexshouldcover themain energy typesthatcanbetransportedacrossborders:coal,electricity,nat- uralgas,nuclearfuel,andoiland oilproducts.Theidealwould betousedataontheactualphysicalflowsoftheseenergytypes, measuredinbarrelsofoilequivalent(boe)orBritishthermalunits (Btu).However,becausesuchdataeitherdonotexistorarevery difficulttoaccess,Iinsteadusefinancialtradedataasaproxy.Eco- nomicdataarethususedasthebasisfortheanalysisbecausethey areavailable.However,ratherthaneconomicsperse,theanaly- sisisabouttheenergyconnectionsbetweendifferentlocationsin theworld(geography)andbetweenstates(politicalscience).Inthe wordsofPasqualettiandBrown[19,p.122],“ifenergyandsociety arepartsofthesamecloth,geographyisthethreadthattiesthem together.”
Asthereisnoperfectwayofmeasuringdistanceforthepurposes ofanalyzingglobalization,thenumberofkilometersbetweencoun- triesthattradeenergyisusedasaproxy.Itwouldnotbepossible tousethenumberofkilometersbetweentheexactlocationsthat energyissentfromandtobecausesuchdataarenotgathered.And evenifthedatadidexist,theywouldnotgiveanentirelyaccurate picturesinceenergycantravelgreatdistanceswithinalargecoun-
trysuchastheUSAwithoutmuchchangeincontextorchanceof eventsalongtheway;ortravelonlyafewkilometersacrossabor- derbetweentwoverydifferentlocations,forexampleNorwayand Russia.Thereisalsoaninaccuracyinusingdistancebetweencoun- trieswhileignoringmovementofenergywithincountries,since somecountriessuchasIndiaorKenyahavefargreaterinternal variationthanothers.However,sincethedataareorganizedby countrythatisaweaknessthatwehavetolivewith.
Thehypotheticalexample inFig.2 illustrateshow thethree sub-indicatorsjointlymeasurethelevelofglobalization.Country Aexports2millionbarrelsperday(bpd)ofoiltocountryB.Then, countryBbecomespoorerwhilecountryCbecomesricher,sothat exportsfromcountryAtocountryBarereducedto1millionbpdper dayand,atthesametime,countryCstartsimporting1millionbpd.
Thesumofenergydependencyinthethreecountriescombinedis thesame,andthesameamountofoilcrossesinternationalborders thesamenumberoftimes;nonetheless,globalizationhasincreased becausethenumberofenergytraderelationshipshasgrown.
Inadditiontothethreesub-indicatorsselected,Ialsoconsidered includingthepercentageofenergyinvestmentthatcomesfrom abroad.Especiallyinthepetroleumsector,andincreasinglyalso inthenuclearandelectricitysectors,largecompaniesplayimpor- tanttrans-borderroles,andthisindicatorwouldhavebroughtout therolethatthesecompaniesplayintheenergysector.Formost countries,however,itisnotpossibletofindcountry-leveldatathat distinguishforeigndirectinvestment (FDI)in theenergysector fromotherFDI.Furthermore,althoughrelevant,thisisnotthemost importantpotentialsub-indicatoronenergyglobalization.Forthe purposesofthisarticle,theflowofenergyitselfismoreimportant thantheflowofinvestmentinenergy.
Table3
Sub-indicatorsselectedasproxiesforenergyglobalizationinindex.
Sub-indicator Rationale Source
A. Numberofenergytraderelationshipsintheworld Themoreothercountriesacountrytradesenergywith,the moredifferentplacesintheworlditisinterconnectedwith
ComtradeviaWITS[66]
B. Distanceinkilometersbetweencountriesthattradeenergy Thefurtherenergytravels,themoreplaces,events,and factorsitcaninteractwithalongtheway:wars,shipping costs,storms,pirates,etc.[44,p.106]
ComtradeviaWITS[66]
C. Energydependency(ratioofnetenergyimportsorexports todomesticenergyconsumption)
Themoredependentacountryisonimportedorexported energy,themoreconnecteditiswiththeworld
IEAviaWorldBank[67]
Fig.2.Hypotheticalexampleofchangesinsub-indicators.
5. Temporalcut-offpoints
Forallthreeselectedsub-indicators,dataareavailablefromthe early1960s,andmyinitialintentionwastoextendtheindexbackto 1960inordertoprovidealong-termperspectiveonenergyglobal- ization.However,weaknessesinthedatamilitateagainstthis.The furtherbackintimeonegoes,themorecountriesforwhichdata aremissing.Onemightlimittheindextothosecountriesthathave reportedforallyears,butthiswouldleadtobias,astheindustri- alizedcountriesoftheOECDareheavilyoverrepresentedamong thisgroup.Oneofthemostinterestingaspectsofthedevelopment oftheglobalenergysectoristheriseofemergingeconomiesas consumersandimportersofenergy,andtheywould beleftout becausetheyhadlimitedcapacityforrecordingstatisticsduring thefirstyearsofthedataset.
Inaddition,thefurtherbackintimeonegoes,themoremisre- portingthereisamongthecountriesthatdidreport.Accordingto Melchior[46,p.5],thisleadstoanerrorofupto12%intermsoftrade volumeand35%intermsofnumberoftraderelationshipsinsome years.Somecountriesentirelyfailedtoreportduringsomeyearsof thefirstdecadesofthedata.Forexample,SaudiArabia,oneofthe world’slargestenergyexporters,didnotreportbetween1969and 1974.Suchlacunaemakethedataunreliableforthe1960s,1970s and1980s.
FurtherchallengesareposedbythedissolutionofCzechoslo- vakia,theSovietUnionandYugoslaviaaswellastheunification ofEastandWestGermany.Ifatimeseriesspanningthoseevents wereused,itcouldhavemadeitdifficulttoknowhowtointer- prettheglobalizationdata.Withthebreakupofstates,integrated energysystems forsinglecountriesaredisrupted bythenewly erectedinternationalbordersofmultiplesuccessorstates.Inthe caseoftheSovietUnion,therewereasmanyas15successorstates.
Thisleadstoenergycrossingmoreinternationalborders,ahigher countofinternationalenergytraderelationshipsandanincrease inenergydependency.Forexample,thesameamountofoiltrans- portedannuallyfromthesamefieldinRussiathroughthesame pipelinetothesamerefineryinBelarusbeforeandafterthedis- solutionoftheSovietUnionwouldberegisteredbytheindexas increasedglobalization.Thequestioniswhetherthatwouldbecor- rect.Onemightarguethatitiscorrectbecauseglobalizationisnot onlyaboutphysicaldistancebutalsoaboutwhatmightbethought ofaspoliticaldistance.ThedissolutionoftheUSSRledtoamore complexworldwithalargernumberofdistinctpoliticalunits,and thus,thetotalamountofglobalizationincreased.
ThegrowingintegrationbetweentheEUmemberstatesraises theoppositequestion:althoughthecountriesinteractacrosstheir borderswithincreasingease,theyarealsolessseparatethanbefore.
DoestheworldbecomelessglobalizedduetoEUintegration?One couldemphasizethattheEUisnotacountrybutstillmanyseparate sovereignstates, andtherefore,thegreaterintegrationbetween them broughtabout by theEU should correctlybe countedas increasedglobalization.ButwhatiftheEUweretobetransformed intoafullyintegratedstate—shoulditscontributiontoglobaliza-
tionthensuddenlybecountedasnegative?Ortomaketheproblem starker,what ifthewholeworldbecamefullyintegratedunder aUNgovernment?Wouldthatmaketheworldlessglobalized?
Intuitivelyonemightarguethecontrary,thatitwouldbeahighly globalizedworld.
Ifonejuxtaposesstatedisintegrationandintegration,itisdif- ficulttomakethelogicsaddup.Ifthedissolutionof theSoviet Unionmeantmoreglobalizationaccordingtothelogicofpoliti- caldistance,thenaccordingtothesamelogictheintegrationof statesintheEUorotherregionalorganizationsshouldmeanless globalization.Thisparadoxmaybecausedbyanunderlyingcon- tradiction.Ontheonehand,statesareusedasproxiesfordifferent locationsontheplanet,andthus,sometimestheuseofstatesas theunitofanalysiscanleadtomisleadingresultsinsofarasoneis actuallyinterestedinlocationsandthedistancesbetweenthem.On theotherhand,stateboundariesandtheseparatenessofsovereign statesasindependentpoliticalentitiesarealsoarelevantfactorin theirownright,sotheyalsohavetoplayaroleintheanalysis.
Thiscontradictionandtheotherproblemswithdatadescribed abovearenoteasilyresolved,buttheyarepartlyobviatedbystart- ingthetimeseriesin1992.Bytheendofthatyear,theSovietUnion haddissolved,Germanyhadbeenreunited,andCzechoslovakiaand mostofYugoslaviahaddissolved.Withthedatasetstartingin1992, itisstillpossibletocapturethemanyinterestingdevelopments of the1990s and 2000sthat might contribute toglobalization, suchaslongerpipelines,intensifiedeffortsatmarketliberalization, thegrowthinLNGandtheriseoftheBRICsandotheremerging economies.
Afterthedataweretruncatedin1992,therewerestillsome countriesfor which data wereincomplete. Mostof these were microstates,whichweresimplyremovedfromthedataset.This leftadatasetof197countries,coveringthevastmajorityofthe planet’seconomy, population, and surface.However,data were stilllacking forafew majorcountriesfor occasionalyears after 1992—forexample,Russia,whichhappenstobetheworld’slargest energyexporter[53,p.6].Forthesecountries,itwasassumedthat nochangeoccurredintheyearswithmissingdata.
Thenextthreesectionsdiscussthesub-indicatorsseparately.
Eachofthemmakesacontributiontotheoverallpictureofenergy globalizationandraisesdifferentmethodologicalissues.
6. Sub-indicatorA:numberofenergytraderelationships Ifacountryengagesinboththesaleand purchaseofenergy withanothercountry,shouldthisbecountedasoneortwoenergy traderelationships?Forexample,ifonecountryexportscrudeoil toanothercountryandre-importsrefinedgasolinefromthesame country,thetwocountriesaremoredependentoneachotherthan ifthecountryhadonlyexportedcrudeoilandnotimportedany- thinginreturn.Ithereforecountaunidirectionalrelationshipas onerelationshipandatwo-wayrelationshipastwo.
For each unidirectional relationship, thedata are registered twiceinthestatistics,bytheexportingcountryandbytheimport-
Fig.3.Sumofnumberofenergytradepartnersof197countries.
ingcountry.Often,thesedatadiverge(cf.[46,pp.4–5],[33]).Which oftheseshouldoneuse?Becauseimportingstateshaveaninterest inlevyingtariffsandinstoppingillegalgoods,Iassumethattheir statisticsaremorereliableandIthereforeusethem.Thus,iftwo countriesonlytradeoneway,itisregisteredasoneimportingrela- tionship;iftheytradebothwaysitisregisteredastwoimporting relationships.
Ialsodecidedtocounteachtradepartnershipasonerelation- shipregardlessofhowmanyenergytypesthetwocountriestraded.
Thiswaspartlybecauseitwaseasiertodowiththedatadown- loadedfromtheWITSwebsiteandpartlybecauseinaglobalization perspectiveitismoreimportanthowmanyothercountriesacoun- tryhasenergytraderelationshipswith,thanthespecifictypesof energytraded.
Havingdecidedonthesebasicquestionsabouthowtointerpret thestatistics,Iturnedtoamorecomplexissue.Myinitialplanwas tosimplycountthechangeinthenumberofenergytradepart- nersovertime:thegreaterthenumberoftradepartners,themore globalizedtheworld.However,thisraisessomecomplexquestions, whichcanbeexemplifiedwiththefollowinghypotheticalcases.If acountry’spopulationis10millionandithas100energytrade relationships,butthenthepopulationgrowsto11millionandthe numberofenergytraderelationshipsgrowsto110,isthecoun- trymoreglobalized?Asastate,ithasmoreenergytradepartners, butpercapita,thenumberisthesame.MostpeopleIpresented thisexampletoconcludedthattheindexshouldsimplymeasure globalizationrelativetocountries,notthesizeoftheirpopulation.
However,thisproblemcanalsobeconceptualizedwithadiffer- entexample.Ifcountryxhasapopulationof5millionandhas10 energytraderelationships,whilecountryyhasapopulationof1 billionandhas12energyrelationships,whichismoreglobalized?
Here,onemightbetemptedtoconcludethatcountryxismore globalizedthancountryy,butthenthelogicisinconsistentwith thatinthepreviousexample.
Iftheaimweretocomparethedegreeofenergyglobalization ofdifferentcountries,thiscouldbeanintractableproblem.How- ever,asthisstudyisinsteadaimedattrackingchangeintheworld asawholeovertime,thequestionisslightlylessproblematicand boilsdowntoa choicebetweenwhetheronewantstomeasure globalizationpercapita(orperUSDofincome);orglobalizationof theworldaswholewithoutregardtothenumberofpeoplewho inhabititorthesizeoftheworldeconomy.Acontrolquestionhere couldbewhetheroneconsidersmoreglobalizedaworldinhab- itedbyonemillionpeopleandwithfewinternationallinkagesless globalizedandaworldinhabitedbyonebillionpeopleandwith manyinternationallinkages.Myanswertothatquestionis“yes”, andIthereforeconcludethatforthepurposeofthisindex,Iam interestedintheglobalizationoftheworldaswholeratherthan percapita.
Thedevelopmentofsub-indicatorAfrom1992to2011isillus- tratedinFig.3.Itisworthnotingthatatitspeakin2010,itshows thattherewereover11000energytraderelationships,whichalso sayssomethingaboutthelargesizeof thedatasetusedforthis analysis.
7. Sub-indicatorB:averagedistanceofenergytrade relationships
The ideal sub-indicator for the index would have been the energyequivalentoftheaviationindustry’spassengermiles,i.e., thenumberofmilesoverwhicheachunitofenergytravels—what onemightcall“energymiles”.Thiswould,however,havedepended onhaving accessto dataonphysical volumes ofenergy flows.
Becausesuchdataeitherdonot existorare toodifficulttoget holdofanditisnecessarytousetradedatainUSDinstead,energy milesisnotanoption.Ifonemultipliedthedistancesthatenergy ismovedbytheavailabletradedata,variationsinenergyprices betweendifferentlocationsandovertimewouldseriouslydistort thecalculations.Thepricesofnaturalgas,coalandelectricityare particularlypronetogeographicalvariation,whilethepriceofoil isparticularlypronetotemporalvariation—butthepricesofall energysourcesvaryinbothdimensions.Thismeansthatchangesin thetradestatisticsdonotnecessarilyreflectanincreaseordecrease intheamountofenergytraded.Inanenergytraderelationship, energyflowsinonedirectionandmoneyflowsintheotherdirec- tion.Althoughthetwoareconnected,changesintheflowinone directionarenotnecessarilyreflectedproportionatelyintheflow intheotherdirection.Inparticular,thepriceelasticityofdemand foroilisconsideredtobelow[11,13,47],butinelasticitiesexistin manypartsoftheenergysector.Myinterestisintheglobalenergy interlinkagesassuch,ratherthanthemoneythatispaidforthem;
therefore,itisimportanttomakesurethatthefinancialtradedata areonlyusedasaproxyanddonotbecometheobjectiveofthe analysisintheirownright.
Analternativemightbetocalculateanenergymilesindicator foronlythesubsetofcountriesforwhichdataontheactualphys- icalvolumesofenergytradedareavailable,buthowwouldone thenselectarepresentativegroupofcountries?Thosecountries withmostcompletedatasets willagainbethemostindustrial- izedcountries,andthenonewouldagainmissoutonmuchofthe energyglobalizationdrivenbyemergingpowerssuchasChinaand Indiaandevenmoresoonthemanysmallercountrieswithrapidly growingeconomiesbutahistoryofweakstatistics.
Aftermuchexperimentation,Iconcludedthatthesolutionto thisproblemistoinsteadestimatetheaveragedistanceoverwhich eachcountrytradesineachyear,weightedbythefinancialvalue ofeachtraderelationshipofthatcountry.Althoughthisapproach remainsvulnerabletovariationsinenergyprices,itislessprob- lematicthantheinitialconceptofenergymiles,asthefinancial valuesarenowonlyusedtoselecttheaveragedistanceoverwhich individualcountriestradeandwithinoneyearatatime.Toobtain theglobalsumforayear,Iaddupallofthecountryaveragesinthe worldforthatyear.
Whencalculatingtheaveragedistanceofenergytraderelation- ships,Ihaveagainwonderedwhetheritiscorrecttocounteach traderelationshiptwice,oncefortheexporterandonceforthe importer.IdecidedthatitisappropriatetodosobecauseIwant toknowtheaveragedistanceoftraderelationshipsforeachcoun- tryintheworld,andforthat,Ineedtouseallofitsrelationships becauseeachtraderelationshiphasadifferenteffectontheaver- ageoftheexportingandimportingcountry,whichdependsonthe othertraderelationshipsofthespecificcountryinquestion.Thus, thedistanceswerecalculatedinadifferentwayfromthenumberof traderelationships,whereeachbilateralrelationshipwascounted
0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 600000
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
km
Fig.4. Sumofaveragedistancesofenergytraderelationshipsof197countries.
onlyonce,fromthesideoftheimportingcountry.Theevolutionof sub-indicatorBfrom1992to2011isillustratedinFig.4.
8. Sub-indicatorC:energydependency
Thislastsub-indicatorputstheothertwoincontextandreflects thesaliencyofenergyglobalization.Acountryengagesinacertain numberofenergytraderelationshipsoveracertaindistance,and thecountry’senergydependencysayssomethingabouttheimpor- tanceoftheothertwosub-indicatorstothatcountry.Acountry maytradeenergywithmanyremotecountries,butifthoserela- tionshipsplayasmallroleinthecountry’sownenergysupply,the countrycanbeconsideredlessglobalizedthaniftheyplayalarge role.
Aswiththeothersub-indicators, thedata onenergy depen- dencygiverisetosomemethodologicalissues.First,theydonot distinguishbetweenenergyimportdependencyandenergyexport dependency.Althoughexportingcountrieshavetriedtoarguethat thetwoarethesameconcern,oratleastequallyimportantcon- cerns,thereareclearlyimportantdifferencesbetweenthem[72,pp.
540,541],[43,p.32],[69].Whereassecurityofsupplyrelatesspecif- ically tobasic humanenergy needs—such asheating buildings, cookingfoodandthecontinuedfunctioningofthestate—security ofdemandisageneraleconomicconcernsimilartotheconcerns ofanycountrythatmakesmoneyfromexportingsomething.For example, if South Korea loses access to themarket for mobile phonesandRussialosesaccesstothemarketfornaturalgas,these twoeventsarecomparable.However,ifUkrainelosesaccesstothe importedgasthatitdependsoninthemiddleofwinter,thisis notonlyaneconomicproblembutalsoamoredirectandphys- ical(thoughnotnecessarilyirresolvable)threattotheUkrainian population’ssurvival.
Whilefullyrecognizingthisdifferencebetweensecurityofsup- plyandsecurityofdemand,thisarticleisnotaboutenergysecurity perseorabouttheconsequencesofenergyglobalization,butabout energyglobalizationinitsownright.Forthepurposesofthisarticle, exportsandimportsarethereforeconsideredequivalentinterms ofrepresentingconnectionswithotherpartsoftheworld.
Thesecondmethodologicalissuerelatedtothissub-indicator isthattheratioofnetenergyimportsorexportstodomesticcon- sumptionisonlyapartialindicatorofdependency.Forexample, imagineacountrythatconsumes10000bpdofoil,and100%ofitis imported.Thecountrygetsricherandstartsconsuming20000bpd, still100%fromimports.Inthiscase,theratioofenergyimportsto domesticconsumptionisstableat100%andthesub-indicatorreg- istersnochange,butinfact,thedependencyhasincreased.Thisisa possibleweaknessofthissub-indicator,butitisalsoworthnoting againthatthepurposeoftheindexistomeasureglobalizationand notenergysecurityandthatthissub-indicatordoesnotstandalone butiscombinedwithtwoothersthatcoverotheraspectsofglob-
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
%
Fig.5.Averageenergydependencyof197countries.
alization.Thedevelopmentofsub-indicatorCfrom1992to2011is illustratedinFig.5.Interestingly,andincontrasttothesteadyrise ofthetwoothersub-indicators,thisonedeclines.
9. Combiningthesub-indicators
Thenextstepistocombinethethreesub-indicatorsintoone index.Becausethesub-indicatorsaredifferenttypesofvalues,they cannotsimplybeaddedup(cf.[42,p.507]).Onesub-indicatoris measuredin1000sofkilometers,onein10softradepartners,and one asa percentage of energy dependency.In addition,energy dependencyformostcountriesisnetimport dependencyrang- ing 0–100,but for a substantialminority of countries, it is net exportdependency,whichcanrangefromzerotoseveralhundred percent.Inordertoovercomethesedifferencesandmakethesub- indicatorscompatiblewitheachother,Itookthenaturallogarithm ofthesub-indicatorvalues.Thatway,eachsub-indicatorbecomes anormalizedpercentage-changefromthebaseyear.
Whentheloggedsub-indicatorsarefinallycombinedintothe index,anotherissueisencountered,namelywhethertotakeinto accountthedifferenceinsizeofcountries. For example,should theglobalizationofLichtensteincountasmuchasthatofChina ortheUnitedStates?Ifthecountriesarenotweighted,achangein LichtensteinwouldhaveequalweightasachangeinChinaorthe UnitedStates.SinceLichtensteinisaverysmallpartoftheworld, thatwouldgiveadistortedviewofwhatisgoingonintheworld.
Ithereforeweightedthecontributionofeachcountrytotheglobal indexbyitsshareoftheworld’sGDPinthatyear.Thus,theformula forthefinalindexisasfollows:
Indext=
lnagt+lnbgt+lncgt
× GDPgt GDPgtwhereaistheglobalsumoftheaverageofthedistancesofthe energytraderelationshipsofeachcountry,weightedbythefinan- cialvalueofeachtraderelationship;bisthesumofthenumberof energytraderelationshipsintheworld;andcistheaverageofthe energydependencyofallofthecountriesintheworld.Thefinal compositeenergyglobalizationindexisgraphedinFig.6.
10. Energyglobalizationcounter-trends
Fig.6showsthattheindexdoesriseovertime,inaccordance withthehypothesisatthebeginningofthisarticle.However,itis notacceleratingashypothesized.Furthermore,thedeclineinthe indexin1998,2001,2004,2008,and2009showsthatenergyglob- alizationcanalsogoupanddownandmaynotalwaysincrease overtime,furtherweakeningthehypothesis.
Thereareseveralfactorsthatcouldcounteractthetrendtoward energy globalization and lead to a falling index. Firstly, rising domestic consumption in major petroleum-exporting countries
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7
19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011 Fig.6. Energyglobalizationindex1992–2011.
0.0 0.5 1.0
1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011
Mbd
Egypt
0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0
1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011
Mbd
Saudi Arabia
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011
Mbd
Iran
0.0 1.0 2.0
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Mbd
Indonesia
Fig.7. Energyexports(bluelines)graduallybeingeatenupbydomesticenergyconsumption(redlines).(Forinterpretationofthereferencestocolorinthisfigurelegend, thereaderisreferredtothewebversionofthisarticle.)
Sourceofdata:[50].
changes thebalancebetweenhow much energy theyconsume domesticallyandhowmuchtheyexporttoothercountries.The risingdomesticconsumptionisdrivenbyacombinationofthree mainfactors: populationgrowth,economic growth,and energy subsidies.Fig.7exemplifiesthereduction innetenergyexports over time for several major energy exporters, allof which are majorenergysubsidizers.These changescontributetoa lower- ingoftheenergydependencysub-indicator,until thecountries becomezeronetenergyexporters.Astheygraduallybecomebigger energyimportersfromthereon,theycontributemoreandmoreto globalizationagain.
Secondly,risingproductionofunconventionaloilandgashave reducedthedependencyoftheUnitedStatesonenergyimports, especiallyafter2004(seetheturnaroundinUSoilimporttrendsin Fig.8).
Thirdly,the2008financialcrisis,improvementsinenergyeffi- ciency,andincreaseduseoflocallyproducedrenewableenergyand coalallcontributedtoreducingEuropeanandUSdependencyon imports.
11. Conclusions
Atthebeginningofthisarticle,itwashypothesizedthatenergy globalizationhasbeengrowingandacceleratinginrecentdecades.
0 1000000 2000000 3000000 4000000 5000000 6000000
1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011
Bbl
Fig.8.USimportsofoilandoilproducts.
Sourceofdata:[21].
Duringthecourseofthearticle,anindexwasconstructedtoassess theprogressofenergyglobalization.Theconstructedindexindi- catesthatenergyglobalizationhasindeedgrown,butneitheras steeplynorassmoothlyasexpectedexpected,andwithoutaccel- erating.Ontheotherhand,itisstillpossiblethatinthelongerterm,
therewillbeatrendtowardsteadilyincreasingenergyglobaliza- tionwithsomeupsanddownsalongtheway.
Itisalsopossiblethatenergyglobalizationwillabateandeven bereversedifarenewableornuclearenergytechnologyrevolu- tiontakes place andresultsin an abrupt re-decentralizationof theglobalenergysupply [51]. Unconventionaloiland gashave alreadymadeadentininternationalenergylinkagesbyreducingUS energyimportdependency[32,p.55].Suchdevelopmentsprovide supportforClark’s[12]critiqueofglobalizationconceptualizedas aninexorable,unidirectional,technologicallydeterminedprocess, whileintroducingaratherdifferentforceoffragmentationfrom thatenvisagedbyClark,whofocusedonnationalism.
However,asmentionedintheintroductiontothearticle,1.4 billionpeoplearenotconnectedtoanelectricitygrid,and2.7bil- lionpeoplerelyontraditionalbiomassforcooking[34,p.1][37,p.
153].Asthesepeoplestrivetogainaccesstomodernenergy,the long-termtrendtowardenergyglobalizationmayeasilycontinue unabated.
Energydependencywasincludedasoneofthesub-indicators fortheindex,andenergyglobalizationandenergydependencyare connected.However,althoughariseinenergydependencyleads toariseinenergyglobalizationasmeasuredbytheindex,arisein energyglobalizationdoesnotnecessarilyleadtoariseinenergy dependency—ifenergydependencyisconceptualizedasvulnera- bility(onthedistinctionbetweenenergysecurityandvulnerability, see[14,p.211].Whenenergyglobalizationisduetodiversification ofsuppliersand/orconsumers,itactuallyleadstolowervulnera- bility.
In addition tothe spatial or horizontal energy globalization examinedinthisarticle,therearealsochangingverticallinkages betweendifferentenergytypesinindividuallocations.Forexam- ple,thegrowthinnaturalgasvehicles(NGVs)createsinteraction betweenthemarketsfornaturalgasandoil,andthegenerationof electricityfromcoal,naturalgas,nuclearpower,hydropowerand small-scalerenewableenergysourcesforthesamegridbringallof theseenergytypesintocontactwitheachother.Theseinteractions chaintogetherthegeographicalspansofdifferentenergytypes.
Forexample,intheEUelectricitymarket(s),Americancoalcom- petesagainstRussiannaturalgas,andbothoftheseareaffected byotherfactorsintheUnitedStates(forexample,shalegas,see [35]andRussia(forexample,subsidiesfornaturalgas,see[18,52].
Thisinterfacebetweengeographicalextentofenergylinkagesand changinginterlinkagesbetweendifferentenergytypesisnotcap- turedbytheindexinthisarticle.Thereasonforthisisthatthere arenodatathatcouldobtainasystematichandleontheinteraction betweenalldifferentenergytypes.
Themethodologicalissues thataroseinconnectionwiththe design of the index also serve to highlight how many basic questions remain unaddressed in much of the globalization literature—inparticular,howtointerprettheimpactofchanging stateboundariesduetostatedissolutionorunificationandwhether globalizationshouldbethoughtofinrelationtotheplanetorper capita.Theseissuesgototheveryheartoftheconceptofglobaliza- tion,anditissurprisingthattheyarenotmorewidelydiscussedin theliterature.Furtherexplorationofthemwouldhelpclarifywhat globalizationis,howitisevolving,andhowitcanbeanalyzed.
Acknowledgements
Thisarticleisaproductofaresearchprojectcarriedoutjointly bytheSwedishInstituteofInternationalAffairsandtheNorwegian InstituteofInternationalAffairsandfundedbytheSwedishEnergy Agency.Itshouldhowevernotbetakentorepresenttheviewsofthe SwedishEnergyAgency,andthepublicationpointsbelongexclu- sivelytotheNorwegianInstituteofInternationalAffairs.Theauthor
wouldliketothankthefollowingcolleaguesfortheirhelpwiththe article:NuraidaAbdykaparKyzy,FulvioCastellacci,JohanEriks- son,JakubGodzimirski,JoThoriLind,MortenBremerMaerli,Sergei Marinin,ArneMelchior,DaniiarMoldokanov,AlesiaPrachakova, Gunilla Reischl, and Stein SundstolEriksen. The author is par- ticularlyindebtedtoDaniiarMoldokanovandAlesiaPrachakova fortheircompetenthelpwiththegatheringandanalysisoflarge amountsofcomplexdata.Anyerrorsremaintheresponsibilityof theauthor.Anyonewhoisinterestedinusingthedataorgraphs fromthisstudyiswelcometodosoforwhateverpurposesthey likeaslongastheyquotethisarticleasthesourceofthedata.The dataandoriginalgraphsinexcelformatcanbeobtainedfromthe author.
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