BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE: GEOPOLITICAL AND GEOECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS
BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE: GEOPOLITICAL AND GEOECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS
Author(s): Gheorghe MINCULETE, Maria-Magdalena PopescuSubject(s): Economic policy, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Political economy, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline; Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Implications; Central Asia and Caucasus;
Summary/Abstract: It was May, 25th, 2005 when a crucial event for the beginning of the 21st century occurred in Baku: the opening of the gigantic American pipeline, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, whose political construction had started more than ten years before. The great event - with even greater implications geopolitically speaking - passed almost silently within media. The reason is that the building and opening of this pipeline was not meant to be connected to the US military presence within the Central Asia and Caucasus, once under the USSR influence.
Journal: Strategic Impact
- Issue Year: 2006
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 33-38
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English