Geopolitics and International Relations05 Energy Security Policies in the Caspian Region

This important volume researches and analyzes energy security policies of states in the specific geostrategic aspects of the Caspian region, considering the variability of its security environment. 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.