Pipeline Politics and Natural Gas Supply from Azerbaijan to Europe: Challenges and Perspectives

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Sevinj Amirova-Mammadova explores pipeline dynamics and natural gas supply within the southern gas corridor and provides an analysis of how policy interests and decisions of the state actors affect the current energy politics in the Caspian region. The research period covers the second stage of the Caspian energy development determined by the production and export of natural gas to the European markets. The focal point of the policy analysis lies on the competition among the different pipeline projects, namely NABUCCO, ITGI, TAP, SEEP, and the decision‐making process of the export route selection. Energy interests of Turkey, Russia, and Azerbaijan elaborated in the research explain how and why certain decisions have been made by these major regional actors. Front Matter ....Pages I-XIII Introduction (Sevinj Amirova‐Mammadova)....Pages 1-30 Theory and Methodology (Sevinj Amirova‐Mammadova)....Pages 31-52 Energy Security and Pipeline Politics (Sevinj Amirova‐Mammadova)....Pages 53-86 Energy and Politics (Sevinj Amirova‐Mammadova)....Pages 87-119 The Southern Gas Corridor and Second Phase of the Caspian Energy Development (Sevinj Amirova‐Mammadova)....Pages 121-158 New Geopolitics of the Southern Gas Corridor (Sevinj Amirova‐Mammadova)....Pages 159-190 Conclusion (Sevinj Amirova‐Mammadova)....Pages 191-202 Back Matter ....Pages 203-220