The Politics of the Caspian Oil

AVEDIS HADJIAN Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Journalism, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, also working in Argentine with La Nacion and La Prensa KAMER KASIM PhD Candidate, Manchester University JEAN-CHRISTOPHE PEUCH 1993-1997 Reuters New Agency, Moscow RONALD SINKER Solicitor, Linklaters & Alliance, London ANGELIKI SPATHAROU Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Cambridge ANDREW TOWNER BA (Combined honours) Russian Studies and International Politics

Notes on the Contributors Introduction; B.Gökay Geopolitics of Caspian Oil: The Role of the Integration of the Caspian Region into World Economy in Maintaining Stability in the Caucasus; A.Spatharou The Management of A Transboundary Energy Resource: The Oil and Gas of the Caspian Sea; R.Sinker Azerbaijan's Energy Policy and Its Implications for Russian Security; A.B.Hadjian Private and National Interests in the Caspian Region; J.C.Peuch The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, Caspian Oil and Regional Powers; K.Kasim The Russians, Chechens and the Black Gold: A Geoeconomic Explanation for the Chechen War; A.Towner Selected Bibliography Index