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Pipelines: Flowing Oil and Crude Politics
Rafael Kandiyoti
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Description for Pipelines: Flowing Oil and Crude Politics
Paperback. Oil and gas pipelines, once built, create new diplomatic realities - some states are newly connected, others isolated. Some states benefit economically, others lose out. This book 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 geopolitical order. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: KNGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 392.
Oil 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. 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 ... Read more
Oil 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. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848858398
SKU
V9781848858398
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5
About Rafael Kandiyoti
Rafael Kandiyoti is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London.
Reviews for Pipelines: Flowing Oil and Crude Politics
'informative and comprehensive, written with technical precision, awareness of political context and accessibility' Fred Halliday, Late Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics "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 ... Read more