Abstract
This paper examines the question how the One Belt One Road initiativeimpacts the issue of energy security for China. The OBOR initiative coversvirtually all geographic areas where key energy supply routes of China arelocated, from sea lanes to existing and planned overland pipelines. Many ofthese regions are, however, scenes of great-power rivalry for geopoliticalinfluence between China and other great and middle powers. Among suchroutes we can mention overland pipelines carrying gas and oil from CentralAsia, as well as strategic sea lanes, such as the Straits of Malacca, wherevirtually all oil imported from the Middle East passes through. This paperendeavours to investigate how these rivalries impact the objectives of theOBOR initiative and the energy security of China, also making distinctionswhich supply routes China will likely be able to secure the most and whichthe least.
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