Sources and Limitations of the Energy Cooperation in the Caspian Sea Region

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2024-8

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Yıldırım, Tankut

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This thesis analyzes the sources and limitations of energy cooperation in the Caspian States. In this respect, it analyzes energy policies of each Caspian country and their implications for the regional energy cooperation in the Caspian region. The time frame starts with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and ends with the signing of the Caspian Convention in 2018. The thesis adopts a country-based regional approach and evaluates the diplomatic, geopolitical, and economic, as well as domestic aspects of the energy policies of the Caspian States during this period. Contrary to the views of the scholars who argue that regional energy cooperation could be achieved automatically, this thesis argues that the underdevelopment of regional energy cooperation in the Caspian region results mainly from the hegemonic policies of Russia and Iran in order to dominate other regional countries and the self-interest of the other regional states, namely Azerbaijan Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, in cooperating with non-regional actors so that they could achieve regional autonomy. These conflicting energy policies, in turn undermine the basis for regional energy cooperation in the Caspian region. In this respect, after the introduction, the thesis evaluates Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan with their energy profile, political and energy institutions, and energy diplomacy. Despite the efforts for a framework via the Caspian Convention, the existing perception on interest of the Caspian littoral states prevent further development in cooperation in the region.

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Bölgesel Enerji İşbirliği, Hazar Bölgesi, Rusya, İran, Türkmenistan

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/110651

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis