In dem Beitrag wird die Diskussion um die zukünftige Pipelineführung zum Transport des kaspischen Erdöls unter dem Aspekt der dahinter stehenden geostrategischen Interessen, insbesondere der USA, dargestellt. Der Autor hebt hervor, daß nicht in erster Linie wirtschaftliche, sondern...

Although electricity grids shape and define both political and economic spaces, the geopolitical significance of electricity remains underestimated. In political communities and beyond, such grids establish new channels for projecting geopolitical influence and new spheres of influence. In the...

The instability of the Caspian region, matters profoundly to the west and to the U.S. for several reasons. First, its instability permits the operation and growth of terrorist movements that often have a global and specifically anti-American scope. Second, the Caspian is a emerging oil producing...

This paper analyses the development of the Caspian region's energy sector since the early 1990s. It also looks at the reasons why the high hopes concerning its potential have so far been disappointed. (DSE/DÜI)