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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828091003321

Titolo

Caspian energy politics : Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan / / edited by Indra Ãverland, Heidi Kjµrnet and Andrea Kendall-Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-22471-4

1-135-22472-2

1-282-57627-5

9786612576270

0-203-86523-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Central Asian Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

ÃverlandIndra

Kendall-TaylorAndrea

KjµrnetHeidi

Disciplina

333.7909475

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - Azerbaijan

Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - Kazakhstan

Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - Turkmenistan

Azerbaijan Foreign economic relations

Kazakhstan Foreign economic relations

Turkmenistan Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Acronyms and terminology; Introduction: The resource curse and authoritarianism in the Caspian petro-states; Part I Domestic challenges in the Caspian petro-states; Introduction: Domestic balancing acts in the Caspian petro-states; 1 Resource nationalism in Kazakhstan's petroleum sector: Curse or blessing?; 2 Petroleum-fuelled public investment in Azerbaijan: Implications for competitiveness and employment; 3 Displacement in a booming economy: IDPs in Azerbaijan

4 Natural gas and authoritarianism in TurkmenistanPart II Energy relations of the Caspian petro-states with China and Russia;



Introduction: China and Russia: partners or firewalls for the Caspian petro-states?; 5 China, energy security and Central Asian diplomacy: Bilateral and multilateral approaches; 6 In the 'new Great Game', who is getting played?: Chinese investment in Kazakhstan's petroleum sector; 7 Just good friends: Kazakhstan's and Turkmenistan's energyrelations with Russia; 8 Azerbaijani-Russian relations and the economization of foreign policy

9 The Shanghai Cooperation Energy Club: Purpose and prospects10 Conclusions and further reflections: The logic of authoritarianism in the Caspian petro-states; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Caspian Energy Politics analyses the role of oil and gas in the development of the three main petroleum exporters in the Caspian region - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - and how energy resources influence interactions with semi-authoritarian Russia and China. Due to volatile commodity prices and competition for the resources in and around the Caspian Sea, the governments of these petroleum-exporters face a series of difficult decisions. These governments have sought to balance short-term incentives to spend oil revenues as a means to maintain power against the need