Energy in the Caspian Region Present and

The Energy Reserves of the Caspian Region have been hailed as the new 'Middle East.' This book offers a thorough assessment of its energy resources and the nature of the international politics that surround them. This volume presents a unique study of the various dimensions of Caspian energy, ranging from the geopolitical to the economic, technical, religious, and political.

Yelena Kalyuzhnova is Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies at the University of Reading, and Lecturer in the Economics Department at the University of Reading.

Amy Myers Jaffe is Senior Energy Advisor and Research Coordinator at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.

Dov Lynch in Lecturer in War Studies at King's College, London.

Robin C. Sickles is Professor of Economics at Rice University.

List of Figures

ix

List of Tables

x

Foreword

xiii

James A. Baker III

Preface

xvi

Yelena Kalyuzhnova

List of Abbreviations

xviii

Contributors

xxi

Introduction

1

(10)

Amy Myers Jaffe

Edward Djerejian

PART I Breaking New Ground: The Caspian Region in the 21st Century

11

(96)

Geological Basins and Oil and Gas Reserves of the Greater Caspian Region

13

(21)

Andrei V. Belopolsky

Manik Talwani

Confronting Independence: Political Overview

34

(24)

Martha Brill Olcott

Economies and Energy

58

(28)

Yelena Kalyuzhnova

Islam and Energy Security

86

(21)

Mehrdad Haghayeghi

Fred R. von der Mehden

PART II Reaching a World Market: Pipelines, Transit Routes and Processing Plants

107

(86)

The Economics of Pipeline Routes: The Conundrum of Oil Exports from the Caspian Basin

109

(24)

Ronald Soligo

Amy Myers Jaffe

Domestic Use of Energy: Oil Refineries and Gas Processing

133

(36)

Andrei Kalyuzhnov

Julian Lee

Julia Nanay

Convergent Economies: Implications for World Energy Use

169

(24)

Patrik T. Hultberg

Robin C. Sickles

Part III National Interests in the Caspian Basin

193

(58)

Russia's National Interests in the Caspian Region

195

(17)

Michael Margelov

US National Interests: Getting Beyond the Hype

212

(22)

Joe Barnes

Turkish National Interests

234

(17)

Gareth M. Winrow

Conclusion

251

(9)

Dov Lynch

Index

260

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Energy in the Caspian Region Present and Future

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