Title: The security of the Caspian Sea Region /
Authors: Chufrin, G. I.; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Date: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Physical description: xvi, 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC class: U
Contents: The new geopolitical situation in the Caspian region / Lena Johnson -- Energy reserves, pipeline routes and the legal regime in the Caspian Sea / John Roberts -- The Caspian Sea : threats to its biological resources and environmental security / Igor Zonn -- Major trends in military expenditure and arms acquisitions by the states of the Caspian region / Mark Eaton -- Russia's national security interests in the Caspian region / Vitaly Naumkin -- US policy towards the Caspian region : can the wish-list be realized? / Amy Jaffe -- Turkey's objectives in the Caspian region / Ali Karaosmanoglu -- The evolving security role of Iran in the Caspian region / Mehrdad M. Mohsenin -- Azerbaijan's strategic choice in the Caspian region / Sabit Bagirov -- The choice of independent Georgia / Alexander Rondeli -- Kazakhstan's security policy in the Caspian Sea region / Konstantin Syroezhkin -- Turkmenistan's quest for economic security / Najia Badykova -- Turkmenistan and Central Asian regional security / Murad Esenov -- The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh : its impact on security in the Caspian region / Dina Malysheva -- The Georgian-Abkhazian conflict / Alexander Krylov -- The glitter and poverty of Chechen Islam / Aleksei Malashenko -- Radical Islam as a threat to the security of the Central Asian states : a view from Uzbekistan / Farkhad Khamraev -- The Caspian Sea region : towards an unstable future / Gennady Chufrin -- Appendix : Chronology of defence and security-related declarations and agreements involving the countries of the Caspian region, 1991-2001 / Mark Eaton.
Notes: Published in association with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.