The Caspian Sea

by Ascher, William; Mirovitskaya, Natalia; North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division

• ISBN13: 9780792362180
• ISBN10: 0792362187
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Based on the presentations and deliberations of an Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) Caspian Sea that was held on March 15-19, 1999, in Venice, Italy.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
William Ascher
Natalia Mirovitskaya
Map of the Caspian Sea Region	xi
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	xiii
Introduction	1	(12)
Natalia Mirovitskaya
William Ascher
Part A. What is at Stake in the Caspian: Development versus Environment?
Environmental Change and Human Security in the Caspian Region: Threats, Vulnerability and Response Strategies	13	(16)
Marvin S. Soroos
International Good Governance and Civilized Conduct among the Caspian States: Oil and Gas as Lever for Prosperity or Conflict	29	(22)
Thomas Waelde
Regional Developmental Requirements and the Role of Caspian Development	51	(14)
Konstantin Atanesyan
Ecological Consequences of Oil and Gas Development	65	(14)
Igor S. Zonn
New Methods for Managing Caspian Sea Level Fluctuations	79	(12)
Anatolii V. Frolov
Part B. Caspian Geopolitics
The Geopolitics of the Region	91	(26)
Bruce Kuniholm
Security and the Environment in the Caspian Sea	117	(8)
Shireen T. Hunter
Security Problems in the Caucasus	125	(10)
Alexander Rondeli
The International Politics of Energy in the Caspian Sea Basin: Russia, Turkey and the Pipeline Project	135	(10)
Andrei Volodin
Part C. Law and Development
The Caspian and International Law: Like Oil and Water?	145	(18)
Cesare P.R. Romano
Basic Legal Issues of the Management of Natural Resources of the Caspian Sea	163	(10)
Alexandre N. Vylegjanin
Caspian Legal Regime: Dynamics of Kazakhstan's Position	173	(16)
Rashid N. Gaisin
The ``Tug of War'' in the Caspian: Legal Positions of the Coastal States	189	(14)
Sergei V. Vinogradov
Part D. The Role of Civil Society & Scientific Institutions
Environment and the Development of Civil Society in the Caspian Region: The Role of NGOs	203	(16)
Kate Watters
How NGOs Abandoned Governance in the Caspian Region	219	(16)
Eric W. Sievers
The Political Role of Civil Society in Georgia	235	(10)
Ivlian Haindrava
The State of Scientific Research on the Caspian Environment: Russian Data	245	(14)
Igor S. Zonn
Part E. Prospects of Effective International Cooperation
Regional Cooperation: Lessons for the Caspian Sea	259	(16)
Erhard Busek
Technodiplomacy and Environmental Cooperation: Lessons for the Caspian	275	(20)
William Ascher
Natalia Mirovitskaya
Applying Lessons from the Aral Sea Basin: The Role of Non-State Actors	295	(18)
Erika S. Weinthal
National, Subnational, and International Politics: Environmental Regime-Building in the Caspian Sea	313	(14)
Douglas W. Blum
Caspian Environment Programme: Prospects For Regime Formation and Effectiveness	327	(20)
Eric W. Sievers
Part F. Conclusions
Moving toward International Cooperation in the Caspian Region: Insights from the Workshop	347	(8)
Natalia Mirovitskaya
William Ascher
Index	355