Geopolitics and Energy Diplomacy in the Caspian Region Developments after the Downfall of the Soviet Union
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Bielefeld :
transcript Verlag
2024.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Edition Politik Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009841236806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- List of abbreviations
- List of figures, maps and tables
- Chapter 1. Research overview, context and problematization
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Theoretical setting
- 1.2.1 Political realism
- 1.2.2 The history of political realism and political realism as a theory of international relations
- 1.2.3 Basic characteristics of political realism as a theoretical concept
- 1.2.4 Edward Hallett Carr and realism
- 1.2.5 Hans J. Morgenthau's "Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace
- 1.2.6 The six main principles of political realism as defined by Hans Morgenthau
- 1.2.7 Geopolitics
- 1.2.8 Mackinder and his "Heartland
- 1.2.9 Brzezinski and "the Grand Chessboard
- 1.2.10 Political economy
- 1.2.11 Institutionalism
- 1.2.12 Theoretical characteristics of institutionalism
- 1.2.13 Comparison of realism and institutionalism
- 1.3 Methodology
- Chapter 2. The Caspian Region and its role in the foreign policy of international political actors
- 2.1 The downfall of the USSR and the new states of the Caspian Region
- 2.1.1 The geostrategic significance of the Caspian Region
- 2.2 "The Great Game" ("Bolshaya Igra")
- 2.2.1 "The new Great Game
- 2.2.2 Comparison between the "classical" and "new Great Game
- 2.3 Conflicts as the major impediments to the regional security of the South Caucasus
- 2.3.1 Russia's role
- 2.3.2 The first Nagorno‐Karabakh war between Armenia and Azerbaijan
- 2.3.3 Madrid Principles
- 2.3.4 The second Nagorno‐Karabakh war between Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Chapter 3. Geopolitics in the Caspian Region
- 3.1 China's policy in Central Asia
- 3.1.1 China's policy in the South Caucasus
- 3.2 EU's Central Asia policy
- 3.2.1 EU in the South Caucasus
- 3.3 US policy towards Central Asia
- 3.3.1 US policy in the South Caucasus.
- 3.4 Russia's policy towards Central Asia
- 3.4.1 Russia in the South Caucasus
- 3.5 Turkey
- 3.6 Iran
- 3.7 Azerbaijan
- 3.8 Kazakhstan
- 3.9 Turkmenistan
- Chapter 4. The Caspian region's energy resources and the history of their production and meaning for the world energy market
- 4.1 Azerbaijan
- 4.1.1 Oil industry history of Azerbaijan
- 4.1.2 "Neft Dashlari"
- 4.1.3 ACG
- 4.1.4 Energy industry after the acquisition of independence
- 4.1.5 Oil production
- 4.1.6 Azerbaijan's oil dependence
- 4.1.7 Natural gas
- 4.1.8 Perspective natural gas fields
- 4.1.9 Azerbaijan as a significant natural gas exporter for the neighboring countries
- 4.2 Kazakhstan
- 4.2.1 Oil sector
- 4.2.2 Oil reserves and prospective oil fields
- 4.2.3 Production
- 4.2.4 Export
- 4.2.5 Natural gas production
- 4.2.6 Natural gas pipelines
- 4.3 Turkmenistan
- 4.3.1 Oil sector
- 4.3.2 Natural gas
- 4.3.3 China as the primary natural gas importer for Turkmenistan
- 4.3.4 Natural gas export to Russia
- 4.3.5 Turkmenistan as a potential natural gas supplier for Europe?
- 4.3.6 Economic difficulties of the country against the background of the gas sector
- Chapter 5. The essential energy contracts between international energy concerns of the world and countries of the Caspian Region. The significant energy fields
- 5.1 "The Contract of the Century
- 5.1.1 The signing of the contract and member companies of the agreement
- 5.1.2 Russia as the primary opponent of the singing of "the Contract of the Century
- 5.1.3 Significance, positive and negative aspects
- 5.2 Shah Deniz natural gas project Stage‑1
- 5.2.1 Azerbaijan's economic profit
- 5.3 Shah Deniz Stage‑2
- 5.3.1 Shareholders and agreements concerning the implementation
- 5.3.2 Development during last years and expectations
- 5.4 South Caucasus Pipeline
- 5.5 TANAP.
- 5.5.1 Significance for Turkey and the EU
- 5.5.2 Hypothetical probability of Tehran's joining
- 5.5.3 Increasing of export through Turkmen gas
- 5.6 Nabucco
- 5.6.1 Failure reasons
- 5.7 TAP
- 5.7.1 Significance for host countries
- 5.8 Kashagan
- 5.8.1 Resumed production after many years of delay
- 5.9 Tengiz
- 5.9.1 Expansion
- 5.10 Karachaganak
- 5.10.1 Important contracts and member companies
- 5.10.2 Production
- 5.10.3 Development stages
- 5.11 Galkynysh
- 5.11.1 Development
- 5.11.2 Member companies and their functions
- 5.11.3 Galkynysh as the primary natural gas export source of Turkmenistan
- Chapter 6. Summary and Conclusion
- 6.1 A summary of primary findings and the results of hypotheses
- Chapter III: Caspian Region and its role in the foreign policy of international political actors
- Chapter VI: The essential energy contracts between international energy concerns of the world and countries of the Caspian Region. The significant energy fields
- Chapter IV: Geopolitics in the Caspian Region
- Chapter V: The Caspian region's energy resources and the history of their production and meaning for the world energy market.
- Azerbaijan
- Kazakhstan
- Turkmenistan
- 6.2 Theoretical implications and further research
- 6.3 Policy recommendations
- List of references
- Appendices
- Question 1: What are the primary interests of the main political actors involved in the geopolitics of the Caspian Region?
- Interview with Prof. Fabienne Bossuyt
- Interview with Dr. Murat Lamulin
- Interview with Prof. Timothy Colton
- Interview mit Dr. Uwe Halbach
- Question 2: Could Azerbaijan be considered as an alternative energy source for the world energy market?
- Interview with Ilham Shaban.
