U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD RUSSIA AND THE CASPIAN REPUBLICS
This article focuses on American energy policy toward Azerbaijan, amidst increasing tensions in U.S.-Russian relations followingRussia's abrupt withdrawal from Shell's Sakhalin-2 energy project in September of 2006. It recommends a preventive policy for Washington by which it will secure i...
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Central Asia & Central Caucasus Press AB
2007
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| Summary: | This article focuses on American energy policy toward Azerbaijan, amidst increasing tensions in U.S.-Russian relations followingRussia's abrupt withdrawal from Shell's Sakhalin-2 energy project in September of 2006. It recommends a preventive policy for Washington by which it will secure its future energy interests in the region. This policy recommends for Washington to form alliances with Caspian republics such as Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan by promoting the political independence of the Republics of the Caspian Basin and by assisting their governments in establishing infrastructure for regional gas supplies and pipes. The article also discusses the role of the United States in assisting all parties involved in the protection of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline from terrorist threats and social unrest in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. |
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