Energy Security in Pakistan and Bangladesh

Abstract

The issue of energy security has been one of the pertinent issues to the study of international relations. The South Asian states are facing a tremendous energy security crisis due to a lack of conventional energy sources. The high demands for energy and shortage of supply have posed an immense challenge to the states of South Asia. In this chapter, a comparative study will be done between Pakistan and Bangladesh to understand the energy security policy of the two states to address the sustainable development goals. Pakistan and Bangladesh have a huge crisis of energy due to their vast population. A power cut has been very common for both countries. This chapter will attempt to highlight the governmental initiatives to introduce green energy and will also shed light on the administrative lack to fulfill the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The lack of policy implementation by both governments will be investigated in this chapter. The content analysis method will be applied in this chapter.