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
Rajan Menon is Monroe J. Rathbone Professor of International Relations, Lehigh University and adjunct professor, Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Robert Ebel is director, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The 'Caspian' no longer refers merely to a sea, but has become a
new geopolitical concept denoting Eurasian rivalries over energy
and geopolitics in the region. Amid a welter of recent books that
often hype the topic with little professional depth, this volume
offers a welcome contrast characterized by realism in its
exploration of the shifting balance of economics, politics, ethnic
groups, religion, societies, and geopolitics by some of the
savviest authors around on these subjects. One of the best books on
the outlook for this complex region.
*Graham E. Fuller, former vice chair of the National Intelligence
Council, Central Intelligence Agency*
It is refreshing to read a collection of twelve highly professional
papers compiled by Ebel and Menon that address in considerable
depth the complex and varied issues of Energy and Conflict in
Central Asia and the Caucasus. The book presents the results of a
year-long project within the National Bureau of Asian Research,
which involved both academia and industry. The result is excellent.
This is an important book that marks a milestone in the developing
awareness of the commercial, social and political realities that
surround high-risk energy investment in the Caucasus and Central
Asia...
*Royal Society For Asian Affairs*
This excellent collection is highly recommended to readers
interested in the political economy of Caspian Sea oil in Central
Asia and the Caucasus. Articles, most written by well-known
international experts, are clear and informative.
*CHOICE*
The volume's twelve essays bring together well-known scholars and
specialists to provide a thorough and detailed review of the region
and the larger issues affecting the nexus. Each essay provides a
detailed account of the energy issue and interests at stake. The
volume also includes important contributions on the lessons of OPEC
for the energy producers of the region, the trends and limits of
regional cooperation, and the influence of the Afghan civil
war.
*International Affairs*
This timely study is the first to examine the relationship between
competition for energy resources and the propensity for conflict in
the Caspian region. Taking the discussion well beyond issues of
pipeline politics and the significance of Caspian oil and gas to
the global market, the book offers significant new findings
concerning the impact of energy wealth on the political life and
economies of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. It
realistically explores the shifting balance of religion, politics,
ethnic groups, and societies in the region.
*Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society*
For too many Americans, Central Asia and the Caspian region
represent unfamiliar territory combining mystery, romance, and
ignorance. All three are captured in the misleading comparison to
the nineteenth-century 'Great Game' between Britain and
Russia—misleading since the United States has no stake equivalent
to India, then Britain's Jewel in the Crown. This collection of
essays, rich in context and in content, will go far to dispel that
gap in knowledge. If the usual flaw in treatment of this region is
the glittering generality passed off with a wave of the hand, this
collection is detailed, specific, and comprehensive, treating the
nations concerned both individually and collectively.
*James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense, former director of
Central Intelligence*
It is refreshing to read a collection of twelve highly professional
papers compiled by Ebel and Menon that address in considerable
depth the complex and varied issues of Energy and Conflict in
Central Asia and the Caucasus. The book presents the results of a
year-long project within the National Bureau of Asian Research,
which involved both academia and industry. The result is
excellent.
This is an important book that marks a milestone in the developing
awareness of the commercial, social and political realities that
surround high-risk energy investment in the Caucasus and Central
Asia.
*Royal Society For Asian Affairs*
An excellent introduction to the region and the energy sector.
*Development and Change*
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