Oil and natural gas are now acknowledged to be the driving forces
of international politics. What has not yet been fully explored is
how their delivery affects the geopolitics of the world.
Pipelines, once built, create new diplomatic realities - some
states are newly connected, others isolated. Some states benefit
economically, others lose out. Often new energy supply routes fall
across political fault-lines, as in the case of India and Pakistan.
In the case of the former Soviet Union, the existing pipeline
network reflects an old political reality, and causes tension
between the newly independent states and their former Russian
master. With energy demand soaring in industrializing Asia, and the
resurgence of great power rivalry, the politics and practicalities
of pipelines become central to a proper understanding of world
affairs.
In this groundbreaking book, Rafael Kandiyoti takes us along the
pipeline networks, from Kandahar to the Caspian basin, from Ceyhan
to China, and shows us how they form the foundation of the new
geopolitical order. In the process, he demonstrates that the issue
of energy supply revolves not only on hydrocarbon resources, but
also on their delivery. This is an entirely new way to view the
international politics of oil and natural gas and therefore crucial
to any explanation of the tensions involving Central Asia, the
Middle East, Russia, China, and Europe.
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