Energy and Conflict in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Examining the interplay between Caspian security and energy development, this comprehensive book offers important new findings about the relationship between competition for energy resources; political and economic development in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan; and the propensity for conflict in the Caspian region. The contributors, a leading group of scholars and policymakers, also explore the ways in which Russia, China, Iran, and Turkey are fighting to protect their energy interests in the newly independent states and how this rivalry influences regional security and U.S. policy.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Energy, Development, and Conflict in the Caspian Sea Region
Chapter 2 The Caspian Region in the Twenty-first Century
Chapter 3 Crude Calculation: OPEC Lessons for Caspian Leaders
Chapter 4 Azerbaijan: The Politization of Oil
Chapter 5 Kazakhstan: The Long-Term Costs of Short-Term Gains
Chapter 6 Turkmenistan's Energy: A Source of Wealth or Instability
Chapter 7 Regional Cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucases
Chapter 8 U.S.-Iranian Relations: Competition or Cooperation in the Caspian Sea Basin
Chapter 9 Paradigms for Russian Policy in the Caspian Region
Chapter 10 The Afghan Civil War: Implications for Central Asian Stability
Chapter 11 China's Interest in Central Asia: Energy and Ethnic Security
Chapter 12 Turkey's Caspian Interests: Economic and Security Interests

About the author

Robert Ebel, Rajan Menon

Product details

• Authors: Robert Ebel, Ebel Robert, Rajan Menon, Menon Rajan
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2000
• EAN: 9780742500631
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-0063-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 225 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Turkmenistan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Petroleum, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, Kazakhstan, Political Economy, Politics and government, Energy technology & engineering, Azerbaijan, Energy technology and engineering, Petroleum & oil industries, Petroleum, oil and gas industries