Geopolitics and Energy Security Policies in the Caspian Region

by Justyna Misiągiewicz

Overview

The analysis of geopolitics and energy security policies in the Caspian region is a challenging research task. This is because of the specific development of international relations in this region and the evolution of its importance in the context of the functioning of the global energy market. Due to its special geopolitical location in central Eurasia and at the junction at the world’s largest trading routes, the region is gaining in importance, both politically and economically in contemporary international relations, and becoming a place where actors involved satisfy the need for energy security.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004697607
Publisher:	Brill Nijhoff
Publication date:	07/25/2024
Series:	Geopolitics and International Relations , #5
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

About the Author

Justyna Misiągiewicz is an Associate Professor, International Relations Institute, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska in Lublin, Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, Academy of Zamość, Poland. She has published about 70 scientific studies, including Caspian Sea littoral states in the People’s Republic of China Energy Security Policy (Peter Lang, 2022).

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
List of Maps
Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Specificity of Energy Security Policy
 1 Energy Security Policy Actors
  1.1 States
  1.2 Non-state Actors
 2 The Object of the Energy Security Policy
  2.1 Energy Security as an Area of International Security Research
  2.2 The Essence and Dimensions of Energy Security
  2.3 Threats to Energy Security
 3 Conclusion

2 The Caspian Region as a Space for Energy Security Policies
 1 Criteria for Distinguishing the Caspian Region
 2 Legal Status of the Caspian Basin Region
  2.1 Joint Use
  2.2 International Sea
  2.3 Internal Lake
 3 The Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Position of the Caspian Region
 4 Energy Potential of the Caspian Region
 5 International Conflicts in the Caspian Region
 6 Conclusion

3 Energy Security Policy Actors in the Caspian Region
 1 Energy Security Policies of the Caspian Region States
  1.1 Republic of Azerbaijan
  1.2 Republic of Kazakhstan
  1.3 Turkmenistan
  1.4 Russian Federation
  1.5 Islamic Republic of Iran
 2 The Caspian Region in the Energy Security Policies of External Actors
  2.1 People’s Republic of China
  2.2 Republic of Turkey
  2.3 European Union
 3 Conclusion

4 Geopolitical Routes and Policies to Transport Fossil Fuels as a Reflection of Energy Interdependence
 1 The Northern Route of Fossil Fuel Exports from the Caspian Region
 2 The Western Route of Fossil Fuel Exports from the Caspian Region
 3 The Southern Route of Fossil Fuel Exports from the Caspian Region
 4 The Eastern Route of Fossil Fuel Exports from the Caspian Region
 5 Conclusion

5 Perspectives for Energy Security Policies in the Caspian Region
 1 New Challenges of the International Energy Market
 2 The Importance of the Caspian Region in the Context of Future Challenges to the Global Energy Market
 3 Conclusion

Conclusions

References
Index