Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewOil 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. For 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 industrialising 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rafael KandiyotiPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9781845113902ISBN 10: 184511390 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 30 April 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviews<p>''With energy demand soaring in industrialising Asia…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…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… ''-- ALARAB ONLINE ''With energy demand soaring in industrialising Asia...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...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... ''-- ALARAB ONLINE Author InformationRafael Kandiyoti is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
