The Caspian (eBook, ePUB)

Politics, Energy and Security
Redaktion: Akiner, Shirin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Touted as the world's next Arabia and a region of unbridled opportunity following the Soviet collapse in 1991, the Caspian Sea and the turbulent oil rush that characterized the ensuing decade captured the world's attention in what at first sight appeared to be a triumph of capitalism over communism. Yet rather than engendering immediate wealth and prosperity for foreign multinationals, regional powers and local populations, successive years have seen problems both historical and contemporary erect significant hurdles in the path of progress.
The Caspian redefines a Caspian debate long characterized by one-sided and politically motivated analyses and, at times, fantastic reporting. Bringing together a whole range of influential voices from academia, the media, the oil industry, civil service, the military and diplomatic corps, this book rewrites the region's recent history from the perspective of the players themselves, ferreting out the nuances that characterize contemporary Caspian energy and security politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135798505
• Artikelnr.: 47892709

Autorenporträt

Shirin Akiner is Lecturer in Central Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface Maps Notes on Authors Background1.
Caspian Intersections: Contextual Introduction 2. Legal History of the
Caspian Sea 3. Negotiations on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea
1992-1996: View from Kazakhstan 4. Geopolitics of Hydrocarbons in Central
and Western Asia 5. Pipeline Politics 6. Caspian Energy Development7.
Natural Resources, Governance and Transition in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and
Turkmenistan 8. The Role of Oil in the Development of Azerbaijan9.
Production Sharing Agreements and National Oil Funds 10. Azerbaijan: Policy
Priorities towards the Caspian Sea 11. Turkmenistan's Caspian Resources and
its International Political Economy12. Kazakhstan: Oil, Politics an the New
'Great Game'13. Jockeying for Power in the Caspian Region: Turkey versus
Iran and Russia 14. Division of the Caspian Sea: Iranian Policies and
Concerns 15. Russia's Policy in the Caspian Sea Region: Reconciling
Economic and Security Agendas 16. US Involvement in the Business and
Politics of the Caspian Region 17. Japan's Eurasian Diplomacy: Power
Politics, Resource Diplomacy, or Romanticism? 18. Militarisation of the
Caspian 19. Chechnya: Post-Referendum Prospects for Normalisation 20.
Whither South Caucasus: To Prosperity or to Conflict? 21. Environmental
Security in the Caspian Sea 22. Ten Years On: Achievements, New Concerns,
Future Prospects and Challenges Index