The landlocked Caspian states of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan lie at the heart of the 21st centurys great energy dilemma: how to satisfy the industrialized worlds huge appetite while slaking the tremendous thirst of the new industrial giants China, India, and Russia.
John Roberts sets the ongoing saga of Caspian pipeline politics against the
background of global energy security, including security of demand and transit
as well as of supply.