Energy: Caspian Pipeline Projects Resemble Gordian Knot
5/6/2008Intervista per RFERL, a cura di Bruce Pannier.
Since the mid-1990s, leaders of the Caspian Sea littoral states — Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran — have repeatedly said that the sea should never become a point of contention between them or a reason for conflict in the international community.
But as energy prices skyrocket, the Caspian Sea Basin — home to some of the world’s largest hydrocarbon resources — is becoming a new focal point for fierce competition.
Amid the current insatiable demand for energy, “we are in the middle of a geopolitical competition for the control of Caspian natural gas”, according to analyst Federico Bordonaro of the Milan-based equilibri.net, an organization that provides conflict and energy analysis. …
