Troubled Waters: The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region

by Hovann H. Simonian and R. Hrair Dekmejian

Once the landlocked backwater between Iran and the Soviet Union, the Caspian has in the last ten years emerged as the epicentre of vast conflicting interests in a region where massive geopolitical issues converge with enormous energy resources and dramatic latent instability. Russia's conflict in Chechnya is a direct by-product of the strategic importance of the Caspian region. _Troubled Waters_ presents a comprehensive analysis of the political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186064922X
• ISBN13: 9781860649226
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"