ENERGY SECURITY: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

May 19, 2006 (Press Release) -- World Affairs, a quarterly journal of international issues, has entered into its tenth year, with a core of loyal subscribers in some ninety countries and the journal is available in a number of academic institutions, in the office of most head of states, heads of important institutions and in many university and college libraries.

We wish to inform you that the upcoming issue of World Affairs is dedicated to “Energy Security: Challenges and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century”.

This issue contains important information on the global energy situation including the potential and problems of oil and gas, nuclear fission & fusion and renewable & non-conventional sources of energy. Contributors such as, Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India; Mr. Yury K Shafranik, former Minister of the Energy of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia; Mr. S K Chopra, Senior Advisor, Minister of Non-conventional Energy Sources, Government of India; Mr. Mikhail Pavalov, Development Director, International Innovation and Energy Association, Moscow, Russia; and Dr. Ashok Parathasarthi, Professor and Chairman, Centre for Studies in Science Policy, School of Social Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, provide a wealth of data and reflection on this problem of paramount importance for all.