Author : Ilgar Mammadov
Publisher :
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 35,4 MB
Release : 2010
Category : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
ISBN : 9780773418912
This study describes the geopolitical importance of Azerbaijan's natural resources. The argument presented includes both empirical data as well as expert opinions from diplomats.
Author : Justyna Misiągiewicz
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,24 MB
Release : 2024-05-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9004697616
The analysis of geopolitics and energy security policies in the Caspian region is a challenging research task. This is because of the specific development of international relations in this region and the evolution of its importance in the context of the functioning of the global energy market. Due to its special geopolitical location in central Eurasia and at the junction at the world’s largest trading routes, the region is gaining in importance, both politically and economically in contemporary international relations, and becoming a place where actors involved satisfy the need for energy security.
Author : Shams-ud-din
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 26,40 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Contributed articles presented in a seminar at the Centre for Russian, Central Asian, and East European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in February 1999.
Author : Ilʹgar Mammadov
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,73 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Caspian Sea Region
ISBN : 9780773413313
A study that describes the geopolitical importance of Azerbaijan's natural resources.
Author : Bülent Aras
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 24,9 MB
Release : 1999-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1573568287
The opening of the Caspian Sea basin to Western investment following the breakup of the Soviet Union produced a major contest for access to the region's vast energy reserves on the part of powers as close as Russia, Turkey, and Iran, and as far away as Japan and the United States. Indeed, the struggle to exploit Caspian oil has been one of the most monumental geopolitical developments of the post-Cold War era as external powers vie for political, economic, and military influence in a region brimming not only with oil, but also with ethnic conflicts and historical animosities. The coming decade of rapidly increasing demand for energy will ensure the continued interest and engagement of external powers with often competing geopolitical agendas. Thus the geopolitical developments spawned by the opening of the Caspian Sea are likely to continue to far outweigh the actual impact of Caspian oil on world energy markets. This collection of essays by prominent scholars and international experts offers several important and often conflicting interpretations of the events unfolding along the shores of the world's oldest oil-producing region.
Author : Hovann H. Simonian
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,63 MB
Release : 2003-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0857717553
Once the landlocked backwater between Iran and the Soviet Union, the Caspian has in the last ten years emerged as the epicentre of vast conflicting interests in a region where massive geopolitical issues converge with enormous energy resources and dramatic latent instability. Russia's conflict in Chechnya is a direct by-product of the strategic importance of the Caspian region. _Troubled Waters_ presents a comprehensive analysis of the political and economic dynamics of the Caspian basin. It examines the area's historical evolution and the diverse issues and players in what has become a modern variant of the Great Game' of the nineteenth century. Following a historical overview of the region and its oil industries, the book analyses the domestic politics and the foreign policies of the five states bordering the Caspian- Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. It further identifies all the external interests involved in the Caspian's political rivalries and control over its resources and territory, including the US, the major European powers, various nationalist movements, Islamic militants, multi-national corporations, NGOs and international financial institutions. These features, coupled with the political and economic risk assessment of the Caspian basin which this book provides, makes this a unique contribution to our understanding of a region which is strategically positioned at the territorial juncture of Russia, China, East Asia and the Middle East.
Author : Yunis Gurbanov
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 21,93 MB
Release : 2024-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3732872939
Could the Caspian Region replace Russia's or the Persian Gulf's immense energy potential with their energy resources? Yunis Gurbanov explores the strategic importance of the region in post-USSR Eurasian policies of major global actors, namely China, the EU, the USA, and Russia, and examines Azerbaijan's, Kazakhstan's, and Turkmenistan's oil and gas resources as alternatives to conventional suppliers. He shows that the Caspian region's resources could serve as alternative energy sources on a global level, mitigating dependence on traditional suppliers and stabilizing energy prices.
Author : Omid Shokri Kalehsar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 22,23 MB
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3030669297
This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of US policy from the perspective of an analyst and scholar from the region. This volume discusses the US energy diplomacy in the Caspian Sea region since 2001. It compares the foreign policy of the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, following the changing role of energy in the behavior of the US toward states in the energy hubs of Central Asia and the Caspian Sea. The chapters employ historical analysis, regional analysis, interviews, and case studies to trace the evolution of US interests in the area and posits likely trends for future policy. Topics discussed include: China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative the energy and foreign policies of the Caspian littoral states in comparison with those of China, India, the European Union, and Turkey the escalation of differences among key OPEC members during the Trump era the impact of the oil price war on the US shale industry the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on the oil market Russian and U.S. competition in the EU energy market the US-China trade war and the role of energy in the first phase of the US-China trade deal the energy policy of the incoming US President, Joe Biden Shedding light on the complex geopolitics of the US-Caspian Sea Energy diplomacy, this volume will be of interest to researchers of foreign policy, diplomacy, international relations, and energy policy as well as policymakers and analysts working in related areas.
Author : Y. Kalyuzhnova
Publisher : Springer
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 14,4 MB
Release : 2001-12-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0230501222
The energy reserves of the Caspian Region have been hailed as the new 'Middle East'. This book offers a thorough assessment of its energy resources and the nature of the international politics that surround them. This volume presents a unique study of the various dimensions of Caspian energy, ranging from the geopolitical to the economic, technical, religious and political.
Author : Bradley Axmith
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 39,7 MB
Release : 2013-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3656343160
Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, , course: US Foreign Policy, International Relations in the Caspian Sea Region, language: English, abstract: The New Great Game in the Caspian Sea Region received moderate attention from scholars following the collapse of the Soviet Union because it resembled the continuation of rivalry between Washington and Moscow. For the eight Caspian republics, the discovery of vast oil and gas deposits was the key to securing the newly independent states’ sovereignty away from Moscow’s control toward integration with Europe and the United States. This thesis analyses the US’ treatment of the Caspian Sea Region between 1991 and 2001, in order to measure whether its policies were crafted according to Realist tenets in formulating policy designed to advance its security. The historical record seen through Offensive Realism presents evidence that US foreign policy was governed by principles not balance of power considerations, led by the false notion that democratic Russia would act in accordance with US goals. Intent on fostering democracy in Russia the United States denied the competitive nature of international politics, refusing to criticize abuses by Moscow in the region and failing to intervene when US interests were marginalised. The US failed to prevent Russia from refashioning conditions conducive to the reabsorption of the Caucasus and Central Asia as a sphere of influence; nor did it account for China’s expanded role and trajectory as a challenge to US power. This analysis shows, for example, that Russia’s proximity and willingness to use force exceeded the capabilities of the US’ use of its global predominance to shape regional events.
