Oil and Geopolitics in the Caspian Sea Region
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0275963950 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book should be required reading for all serious analysts and observers of the Caspian Sea region.?-The International History Review?a well researched, well-organized and well-documented effort to assess the integration of the Caucasus into in the post-Cold War world. It is useful for the understanding post-Soviet political developments and the shapes and contours of big-power and superpower hostilitya sophisticated sythesis of the various elements of the chronic rivalry and cooperation among nation-states, economic interests and political leaders."-Middle East Policy"Overall, one of the best works on an area not well-know to western audiences. The book should be required reading for all serious analysts and observers of the Caspian Sea region."-The International History Review?Overall, one of the best works on an area n
Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble - The Joy of Caspian Oil This edited work is one of the better compilations for people interested in the very complex, yet fasinating geopolitical happpenings in the FSU, in particular around the discovery of the "seemingly vast" amounts of Oil (and Gas) in the Caspian Sea region. The work however is primarily concerned with Oil and not gas.The editors bring together the needed cross-sections from Academia of the 5 littoral states, as well as Turkey, Georgia, America and Russia. Missing from this list is of course China - however there are few commenatators that readily think to include China in the Caspia
He has published extensively on issues related to Turkish foreign policy and Middle Eastern politics, and he is the author of Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process and Turkey.. MICHAEL P. He is the author of The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict: Causes and Implications as well as articles in journals including Caucasian Regi
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. 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.. Thu