Nato and Caspian Security
Subtitle: A Mission Too Far  [1999]
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: August 25, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780833027504
Subjects: Defence strategy, planning & research; International institutions; Politics / Current Events; Nato; National Security Issues; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; North Atlantic Treaty Organiza; International - Economics; Non-Classifiable; International Relations - General; Caspian Sea Region; Defenses; National security; North Atlantic Treaty Organization
First sentence: The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the emergence of the independent states of Central Asia (Kasakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) and the south Caucasus sources (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia), coupled with vast oil and gas resources around the Caspian Sea Basin, have increased the geostrategic importance of this region.