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Exploring the Conditions for Cooperative Energy Governance : A Comparative Study of Two Asian Pipelines / Benjamin K. Sovacool. Asian Studies Review, vol. 34, n° 4, 2010, pp. 489-511A central but often unasked question in political and sociological  scholarship concerns the conditions that precipitate cooperation on  large-scale transnational energy projects, especially among “developing”  and “emerging” economies. Using the example of two multi-billion dollar  pipeline systems - the Trans-ASEAN Natural Gas Pipeline (TAGP) Network  in Southeast Asia and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline in the Caspian  Sea - this article explores the factors that result in successfully  completed projects, and those that lead to conflict and contention.  After drawing from extensive research interviews and field research, the  article approaches politics and technology through the lens of science  and technology studies. It relies on the interdisciplinary concepts of  “relevant social group” and “technological frame” to identify coalitions  of actors associated with each pipeline project. The paper then  investigates the interests and motivations behind these groups to  illuminate the challenges facing the TAGP and those that accelerated the  completion of the BTC. The paper concludes by offering some thoughts on  the diverse elements needed to incentivise cross-border energy  infrastructure, and what these may mean for energy and public policy  scholars. (© Asian Studies Review)