The Politics of Caspian Oil
The Caspian-Caucasus region has received considerable attention over the past eight years. The old potential of this colossal territory is so significant that the analytical centres of the world's largest oil and refining companies consider it to be more
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Also by Bülent Gökay BRITISH DOCUMENTS ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS: TURKEY 1923–1939 (seven volumes) A CLASH OF EMPIRES: Turkey between Russian Bolshevism and British Imperialism KOSOVO: Myths, Conflict and War (co-editor)
The Politics of Caspian Oil Edited by
Bülent Gökay Coordinator of European Studies Lecturer in International Relations Keele University Staffordshire
Editorial matter, selection and Chapter 1 © Bülent Gökay 2001 Chapters 2–7 © Palgrave Publishers Ltd 2001
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ISBN 978-1-349-40942-6 DOI 10.1057/9780333977637
ISBN 978-0-333-97763-7 (eBook)
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gökay, Bülent. The politics of Caspian oil / Bülent Gökay. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Petroleum industry and trade—Political aspects—Caspian Sea Region. 2. Geopolitics—Caspian Sea Region. 3. Caspian Sea Region– –Politics and government. I. Title. HD9576.C372 G65 2000 333.8'23'09475—dc21 00–059175 10 10
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Contents Acknowledgements
vii
Notes on the Contributors
viii
Map
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The Background: History and Political Change BuÈlent GoÈkay
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Geopolitics of Caspian Oil: the Role of the Integration of the Caspian Region into World Economy in Maintaining Stability in the Caucasus Angeliki Spatharou
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The Management of a Transboundary Energy Resource: the Oil and Gas of the Caspian Sea Roland Sinker Azerbaijan's Energy Policy and its Implications for Russian Security Avedis Bedros Hadjian
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Private and National Interests in the Caspian Region Jean-Christophe Peuch
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The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, Caspian Oil and Regional Powers Kamer Kasim
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The Russians, Chechens and the Black Gold: a Geo-economic Explanat
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