The Caspian region at a crossroad
Subtitle: challenges of a new frontier of energy and development
By: edited by Hooshang Amirahmadi.
Contributors: Amirahmadi, Hooshang, 1947-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- Caspian Sea Region.; Gas industry -- Caspian Sea Region.; Geopolitics -- Caspian Sea Region.; Caspian Sea Region -- Politics and government.; Caspian Sea Region -- Strategic aspects.
Description: "With essays by recognized experts in the region, the book offers original, comprehensive, objective, and balanced analyses of the critical issues facing the Caspian states in the next decade. Among the issues examined are population, environment, economic development, security and geopolitics, interstate rivalry, pipeline routes, oil and gas reserves, and the legal regime of the sea.

Adopting a critical and inquisitive approach, the book offers foresights into possible future directions, including promises and pitfalls that await the region as it enters the next millennium."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.