ENGLISH

Central Asia and the Caucasus

By Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight Bundeswehr University Munich (ed.) , Konstantin Tsetsos

Book information

Publisher
Metis
Year
2019
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3461006 bytes)
Series
Metis Study; 15
Pages
12\12
Time added
2022-12-27 09:34:43

Description

Central Asia is increasingly becoming a focus region for matters of geopolitics, security and energy due to its energy resources and China’s new Silk Road. The local deposits of oil and gas have proven to be both an advantage and a disadvantage for the Central Asian states. They are strengthening the positions of authoritarian elites in the regional fossil economies and resulting in national economies that react sensitively to price fluctuations in the oil and gas markets and depend on external investments. The Caucasus can similarly be regarded as a transit area for energy, raw materials and goods as well as a smouldering trouble spot. After highlighting the political, economic and security situations, the study examines how the visibility and influence of the EU can be increased in the regions.

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