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Book Synopsis The Caspian Pipeline Dilemma by : Hooman Peimani
Download or read book The Caspian Pipeline Dilemma written by Hooman Peimani and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2001-04-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American policy towards the development of the Caspian oil and natural gas industry seeks the total exclusion of Iran and the promotion of Turkey as the provider of the main export route. This has proven to be incompatible with the Caspian region's political and economic realities. If continued, Peimani asserts, instead of isolating Iran, this policy will lead to the political isolation of the United States in the Caspian Sea region and the gradual exclusion of American oil companies.
Download or read book Pipeline Politics written by John Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The landlocked Caspian states Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan lie at the heart of the 21st century's great energy dilemma: how to satisfy the industrialized world's huge appetite while slaking the tremendous thirst of the new industrial giants China, India, and Russia. Multi-billion-dollar pipelines are being built, planned or expanded to carry Caspian oil and gas to all these markets. But in an atmosphere of intense competition and rivalry, not all these projects will bear fruit in a timely fashion. Over it all looms the question that underpins the so-called New Great Game. Is the goal to make everyone a winner, or to secure control of energy supplies and distribution from source to customer?In this authoritative work, a successor to his 1996 Chatham House study Caspian Pipelines, John Roberts sets the ongoing saga of Caspian pipeline politics against the background of global energy security, including security of demand and transit as well as of supply.Roberts assesses development of new pipelines to China and India; EU hopes for new ways to access Caspian hydrocarbons; the question of Bosphorus bypasses; and how Russia's influence as producer, consumer, and key transit corridor is shaping the world's energy future.
Download or read book Caspian Energy Resources written by and published by Ithaca Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume is a collection of papers presented at a conference sponsored by the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) entitled 'Caspian Energy Resources: Implications for the Arab Gulf', held in Abu Dhabi, October 25-26, 1998. The Arab Gulf is currently the predominant oil exporting region in the world. How far does the energy resource potential of the Caspian basin represent a major challenge to the supremacy of the Arab Gulf? In the course of this volume, the authors explore the various dimensions of Caspian energy, ranging from contentious pipeline issues to the impact of Caspian oil on Gulf producers, OPEC member states and global markets. A discourse on the attraction of Caspian oil reserves underlines the rationale for massive foreign investment flooding the region. The aforementioned issues are studied from the perspectives of the major players and in the context of regional politics and the complex legal environment. Although the future impact of Caspian energy is yet to be determined, this volume offers valuable insight and comprehensive analysis on the major determinants affecting this strategically significant oil-rich region."--
Book Synopsis Global Energy Dilemmas by : Mike Bradshaw
Download or read book Global Energy Dilemmas written by Mike Bradshaw and published by Polity. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s global energy system faces two major challenges: how to secure the supply of reliable and affordable energy; and how to rapidly transform to a low-carbon, efficient and environmentally harmless energy supply. In this rigorous and illuminating book, Michael Bradshaw explores the key aspects of the current global energy dilemma and examines how it is playing out across the major regions and countries of the world. The book begins by charting the development of the current global energy system - exploring its key characteristics with a focus upon energy security and the relationship between energy, economic development and climate change. The next four chapters offer in-depth analyses of four distinct global energy dilemmas in different parts of the world: the challenge of sustaining affluence and decarbonising energy services in the high-energy economies of the developed world; the legacies of the centrally planned economy and the consequences of liberalisation in the post-socialist world; growing energy demand and emissions growth associated with the emerging regions; and finally, the quest to provide universal access to modern energy services in the developing world in a manner that is both economically and environmentally sustainable. Identifying the governance structures and policy options available to tackle the global energy dilemma, the book concludes that only an integrated approach - sensitive to regional issues - can reconcile the interests and needs of those facing differing energy challenges across the world today.
Book Synopsis Failed Transition, Bleak Future? by : Hooman Peimani
Download or read book Failed Transition, Bleak Future? written by Hooman Peimani and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-04-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peimani challenges the practical indifference of many Western and non-Western countries with interests in Central Asia and the Caucasus to their plight. Independence in 1991 suddenly worsened all the economic and social problems of the countries of the Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). Their failure to address their numerous economic problems and to develop their economies has created a suitable ground for the rise of social and political popular dissent, including ethnic conflicts, in all these multi-ethnic countries. Concerned about the stability of their political systems, their ruling elites have all opted for authoritarianism. The prevailing intolerance of dissent and the suppression of opposition, political parties have paved the way for the emergence of anti-government extremist ideologies and political groups. The domestic situation has become ripe for the rise of violent political activities and ethnic conflicts, with a great possibility for their escalation to civil wars. The ethnic structure of both the Caucasus and Central Asia makes their development into inter-state wars a strong possibility. The unsettled ethnic and territorial conflicts within and between countries, which turned into wars in the early 1990s, could easily re-emerge. There is a potential for the further escalation of military conflicts in those regions because of the intentional or unintentional intervention of Iran, China, Turkey, Russia, and the United States, which have long-term interests in the two regions. Given the geographical characteristics of the Caucasus and Central Asia as a link between Asia and Europe, war and instability in those regions could destabilize the two continents hosting six declared nuclear powers. Of particular interest to scholars and other researchers involved with Eurasian, Central Asian, and Caucasian countries.
Book Synopsis Constructive Competition in the Caspian Sea Region by : Agha Bayramov
Download or read book Constructive Competition in the Caspian Sea Region written by Agha Bayramov and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caspian Sea region has hitherto largely been investigated from a `New Great Game’ perspective that depicts the region as a geopolitical battleground between regional and external great powers, where tensions have been exacerbated by the sea’s rich natural resources, strategic location, and legal disagreements over its status. This book, by contrast, portrays a new image of the region, which still acknowledges the difficulties and problematic starting situation of power politics there. It, however, seeks to show that there are ways forward by identifying mechanisms and means to transform the `New Great Game’ into processes of functional co-operation. Drawing on theoretical insights from a functionalist framework, this book examines three intertwined case studies, namely the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline (BTC), the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC), and the Caspian Environmental Program (CEP). It shows that lessons learned from environmental co-operation have influenced the discussion over the uncertain legal status of the sea, which culminated in the signing in 2018 of the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea. This book analyzes the three phases of the BTC and the SGC projects: the planning of the pipeline, its construction, and its use, none of which have been adequately addressed yet. This book illustrates the increasing role of actors beyond and besides the states in the Caspian Sea region, such as transnational corporations, non-governmental organizations, and intergovernment organizations.
Book Synopsis India and the Global Game of Gas Pipelines by : Gulshan Dietl
Download or read book India and the Global Game of Gas Pipelines written by Gulshan Dietl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gas pipelines constitute an important, yet unexplored, aspect of strategic geography. As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, India’s need for energy is paramount. Though surrounded by gas-rich regions – Myanmar and Bangladesh to the east, the Gulf to the west and Central Asia to the north – India does not have a single gas pipeline coming in, going out or traversing through its territory to date. This book highlights the global competition over gas pipelines and its implications for India’s energy security in a comprehensive manner. The author leads us through a labyrinthine world comprising numerous actors – the states, energy firms, scientists, engineers, investors and bankers – engaged in competition over these pipelines leading to a continuous game of checkmating rivals, instigating conflicts, causing damage and destruction and threatening military action to persuade or dissuade states from joining specific projects. Pulsating, rigorous, grounded in hard facts and solid research, this book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of international relations, strategic affairs, defence studies and politics, as well as think tanks, government agencies and the informed general reader.
Book Synopsis The Global Game of Oil Pipelines by : Gulshan Dietl
Download or read book The Global Game of Oil Pipelines written by Gulshan Dietl and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oil has long been and will continue to be at the centre of the global economy. This book explores the oil trade, energy (geo)politics, and new trends in regionalising or globalising the oil industry in the new era of international relations and economic competition. Energy pipelines carrying oil and gas from the well-head to the market, generally run through two or more states; and often from one continent to the other. This book maps the oil flowing through international and intercontinental pipelines and unravels the political, commercial and technological considerations behind the mapping of oil routes and forging of trade ties between nation-states. Through case studies from the major oil-exporting regions like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, the USA, Canada and Russia, it analyses the changing trends in their policies around oil trade, bilateral relations, energy, and security. It also considers the environmental protests around the continued dependency on oil, the teapot refineries under the Islamic State, investments, oil lobbies and insurrections to understand the broad picture of shifting regional and geopolitical realities and the scramble for vital resources. This comprehensive book will be of interest to students of the geopolitics of energy, international relations, security and strategic studies, energy studies as well as the media and with policymakers.
Book Synopsis Conflict and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus by : Hooman Peimani
Download or read book Conflict and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus written by Hooman Peimani and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-07-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only book since the fall of the Soviet Union to analyze the security of the newly emerged independent states in the strategically vital region of Central Asia and the Caucasus. This insightful work maps out the possibilities and dangers that lie ahead for the nations of Central Asia and the Caucasus. The book analyzes the current security situation and clarifies its historical context, identifying the factors that have shaped the security of these young nations since their independence. It also examines the parameters—political, economic, ethnic, energy, and military—that will decide the security of the region in the future. The book's author tells the whole story behind the headlines when he discusses, for example, the real reason for the "wine war" of 2006, when Russia banned imports of Georgian wine for "health reasons," or when explaining the impact of the expanding American presence—both political and military—after September 11. Conflict and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus is a primer for those who want to know more about this strategic region and essential reading for all students of world affairs.
Book Synopsis Turkmenistan: Strategies of Power, Dilemmas of Development by : Sebastien Peyrouse
Download or read book Turkmenistan: Strategies of Power, Dilemmas of Development written by Sebastien Peyrouse and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary Turkmenistan in English.
Author :Gennadiĭ Illarionovich Chufrin Publisher :Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ISBN 13 :9780199250202 Total Pages :400 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (52 download)
Book Synopsis The Security of the Caspian Sea Region by : Gennadiĭ Illarionovich Chufrin
Download or read book The Security of the Caspian Sea Region written by Gennadiĭ Illarionovich Chufrin and published by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. This book was released on 2001 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in association with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Book Synopsis Export Pipelines from the CIS Region by : Andreas
Download or read book Export Pipelines from the CIS Region written by Andreas and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely collection offers fresh perspectives to the analysis of the 'New Great Game' – the fight for access to the Caspian Sea region's energy resources. To date, the export of the Caspian crude oil and natural gas has only been assessed geopolitically, which oversimplifies the political dynamics of the region and neglects to acknowledge the Caspian countries as actors in their own right.
Book Synopsis Asia's Energy Trends and Developments by : Mark Hong
Download or read book Asia's Energy Trends and Developments written by Mark Hong and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Asia, — especially China and India, — leading world energy consumption, Asian energy trends are now of global interest, with deep implications for the world economy and geopolitics. Understanding the issues often require real-life case scenarios. This two-volume compilation presents the key topics on Asia's energy trends and developments that were presented at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore as part of its Energy Series Programme. A wide range of topics is covered, from nanotechnology, clean energy, hydropower, renewable energy and nuclear power to bilateral relations, energy security and energy efficiency — all with the unifying energy theme in the context of Asia. The nature of the issues is clearly illustrated in the case studies. The chapters are authored by international experts and innovators in their respective fields, from academia, government and private sectors, providing their perspectives on the energy debate in Asia. This compilation will provide the reader with insights into the overall trends and developments that have shaped and continue to influence energy policy, economic strategy and geopolitics in Asia. The case studies offer an especially useful reference point for experts and an understanding of the complex issues for laypersons. Contents:Volume 1:Climate Change: A Global Issue (Tan Yong Soon)Grooming Clean Energy as a Key Growth Area for Singapore (Goh Chee Kiong)Nanoenergy in Singapore (Hiranmayee Vedam)Innovation with Energy and Energy with Innovation (Geoffrey C Nicholson)Hydropower in Southeast Asia (Erik Knive)Philippine Experiences with Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Power Systems (N A Orcullo, Jr)The Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Business: From Evolution to Revolution (Steve Puckett and Tony Regan)Developing Renewable Energy and Carbon Abatement Projects in Asia (William I Y Byun)Power Development Plan and Status of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Development in Indonesia (Djoko Prasetijo)Korean Nuclear Power Technology (Hae Ryong Hwang and Shin Whan Kim)Malaysian Perspectives Planning and Problems with Regard to Nuclear Energy (Shahidan Radiman)The Asian Development Bank's Regional Perspectives, Policies and Issues Regarding Nuclear Energy and Sustainable Development in Southeast Asia (Anthony J Jude)Birthing an ASEAN Nuclear Energy Cooperation Regime: Drivers, Status and Way Forward (Francisco G Delfin Jr)Should ASEAN Go Nuclear? (Lee Yoong Yoong)Myanmar and the Nuclear Option (Thaung Tun)Volume 2:The Logic of Energy Policy: The Case of Upstream Oil, Gas, Coal and Downstream Oil Sectors in Southeast Asia (Ridwan D Rusli)East Asia's Energy Challenges: General Energy Cooperation and the Question of Competition (Christopher Len)Contemporary Japanese–Russian Energy Cooperation: Problems, Current Developments and Perspectives (Svetlana Vassiliouk)Energy-Related Policy Issues in Terms of Japan–China Relations (Yuji Morita)India's Pipelines: Paradox, Problems and Possibilities (Marie Lall)The Caucasus: Conflict, Instability and Fossil Energy Export Route (Hooman Piemani)Kazakh Gas Policy in the Central Asian Region: Problems and Prospects (Zhanibek Saurbek)The Theory of Stable Arab Gas Diplomacy: Regional Energy Security Through the Arab Gas Pipeline (Mary E Stonaker) Readership: Students, researchers and the general public who are interested to understand a wide range of energy issues and various aspects of sustainable energy. Keywords:Asian Energy;Nuclear Energy in Asia;Country Case StudiesKey Features:It provides different perspectives from government, private and academic sectorsIt gives country-specific case studies that could be adapted and applied elsewhereIt considers the prospects for renewable energy sources with practical examples as well as the potential for creativity and innovation as a means to develop energy supply alternativesIt is written by energy experts focused on the Asia regionIt considers nuclear power as an option for Asian nationsIt has interesting information conveniently packaged in one easy to read volume
Book Synopsis Troubled Waters by : Hovann H. Simonian
Download or read book Troubled Waters written by Hovann H. Simonian and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2003-06-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the landlocked backwater between Iran and the Soviet Union, the Caspian has in the last ten years emerged as the epicentre of vast conflicting interests in a region where massive geopolitical issues converge with enormous energy resources and dramatic latent instability. Russia's conflict in Chechnya is a direct by-product of the strategic importance of the Caspian region. _Troubled Waters_ presents a comprehensive analysis of the political and economic dynamics of the Caspian basin. It examines the area's historical evolution and the diverse issues and players in what has become a modern variant of the Great Game' of the nineteenth century. Following a historical overview of the region and its oil industries, the book analyses the domestic politics and the foreign policies of the five states bordering the Caspian- Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. It further identifies all the external interests involved in the Caspian's political rivalries and control over its resources and territory, including the US, the major European powers, various nationalist movements, Islamic militants, multi-national corporations, NGOs and international financial institutions. These features, coupled with the political and economic risk assessment of the Caspian basin which this book provides, makes this a unique contribution to our understanding of a region which is strategically positioned at the territorial juncture of Russia, China, East Asia and the Middle East.
Book Synopsis Falling Terrorism and Rising Conflicts by : Hooman Peimani
Download or read book Falling Terrorism and Rising Conflicts written by Hooman Peimani and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-09-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Taliban's fall and the massive American military and political presence in South and West Asia have created grounds for a polarization into two camps: India, Iran and Russia, to which China is affiliated, and the United States and Pakistan. In Peimani's analysis, their incompatible interests will push them towards confrontations with regional and international implications. Contrary to expectations, the fall of the Taliban did not bring peace and stability to Afghanistan. The Afghan interim government is simply too weak to act as a central government; this results in the re-emergence of warlords, turf wars, and the expansion of drug trafficking. This unstable situation may well result in the emergence of Taliban-like groups. Added to this, the threat of the spillover of instability from Afghanistan into neighboring regions, on the one hand, and the rapid expansion of American military and political power in Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, on the other, have created fear among the regional powers. The stated indefinite stay of American forces well after the end of the anti-terrorist war in Afghanistan has worsened that fear as it reflected the American government's plan to pursue certain strategic interests unrelated to that war. Consequently, as Peimani shows, the regional anti-terrorist coalition has disintegrated in the absence of a common objective to help focus the region. Fear of the long-term American objectives and those of its Pakistani ally in South and West Asia incompatible with those of the regional powers have facilitated the creation of two camps consisting of Iran, India, and Russia, to which China is affiliated, and Pakistan and the United States. Respectively, these implicit and explicit camps are likely to collide over their regional interests especially in the strategically important energy-producing Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea regions.
Book Synopsis Pipeline Politics and Natural Gas Supply from Azerbaijan to Europe by : Sevinj Amirova‐Mammadova
Download or read book Pipeline Politics and Natural Gas Supply from Azerbaijan to Europe written by Sevinj Amirova‐Mammadova and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sevinj Amirova-Mammadova explores pipeline dynamics and natural gas supply within the southern gas corridor and provides an analysis of how policy interests and decisions of the state actors affect the current energy politics in the Caspian region. The research period covers the second stage of the Caspian energy development determined by the production and export of natural gas to the European markets. The focal point of the policy analysis lies on the competition among the different pipeline projects, namely NABUCCO, ITGI, TAP, SEEP, and the decision‐making process of the export route selection. Energy interests of Turkey, Russia, and Azerbaijan elaborated in the research explain how and why certain decisions have been made by these major regional actors.
Book Synopsis Understanding Ethnopolitical Conflict by : E. Souleimanov
Download or read book Understanding Ethnopolitical Conflict written by E. Souleimanov and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically evaluates the growing body of theoretical literature on ethnic conflict and civil war, using empirical data from three major South Caucasian conflicts, evaluating the relative strengths and weaknesses of the available methodological approaches.
