The Caspian Region at a Crossroad; Challenges of a New Frontier of Energy and Development

by Amirahmadi, Hooshang

• ISBN13: 9780312223519
• ISBN10: 031222351X
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-06-10
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The emergence of the Caspian region as a new frontier of energy and development in the 1990s was one of the most surprising events to follow the collapse of the former Soviet Union. However, because of the "oil rush," interstate rivalry, and the hasty approaches to studying the area's potential and needs, a very lopsided understanding of the region has emerged. The Caspian Region at a Crossroad attempts to correct this deficiency with essays by recognized experts in the region.

Author Biography

Hooshang Amirahmadi is a professor at Rutgers. His books include Small Islands, Big Politics.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction	1	(1)
Challenges of the Caspian Region	1	(28)
Hooshang Amirahmadi
Part I: Peoples and Resources
The Lands and Peoples of the Caspian Region	29	(26)
John Schoeberlein
Alisher Ilkhamov
Survey of Caspian's Oil and Gas Resources	55	(20)
Ottar Skagen
Survey of Iran's Economic Interests in the Caspian	75	(14)
Bijan Khajehpour-Khouei
Part II: Development and Environment
Development of Caspian Oil in Historical Perspective	89	(16)
Firouzeh Mostashari
Oil and Gas: Fuel for Caspian's Economic Development	105	(16)
Jean-Francois Seznec
The Caspian's Environmental Woes	121	(16)
Siamak Namazi
Organizational Response to Caspian's Environmental Needs	137	(10)
Hormoz Goodarzy
Part III: Pipelines and Outlets
By Way of Iran: Caspian's Oil and Gas Outlet	147	(8)
Narsi Ghorban
Transportation of Caspian Oil Through Russia	155	(8)
Felix N. Kovalev
Pipeline Politics in the Caspian Region	163	(12)
Hooshang Amirahmadi
Part IV: Security and Geo-Politics
The Geo-Politics of the Caspian Region	175	(12)
Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh
America's Drive to the Caspian	187	(26)
Bradford R. McGuinn
Mohiaddin Mesbahi
The Military Balance in the Caspian Region	213	(14)
Ali Massoud Ansari
Part V: Legal Perspectives
Evolution of Iranian Sovereignty in the Caspian Sea	227	(36)
Guive Mirfendereski
Legal Status of the Caspian Sea	263	(10)
Scott Horton
Natik Mamedov
Iran's View on the Legal Regime of the Caspian Sea	273	(14)
Mohammed Ali Movahed
Notes on Contributors	287	(8)
Index	295