Review article
https://doi.org/10.21861/HGG.2016.78.02.03
Geopolitical Consequences of Resolving the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea: Security and Energy Aspects
Davor Boban
orcid.org/0000-0002-9748-3250
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science, Zagreb, Croatia
Karlo Lončar
orcid.org/0000-0003-2399-1997
; Central European University, Nationalism Studies Department, Budapest, Hungary (student)
Abstract
Caspian Sea is the largest water filled depression in the world. Before the dissolution of the Soviet Union it was shared by only two countries, but, since 1991, it has been shared by five states. This essay shows that there is a causal relation between regional instability, and the conflicting interests of countries of the region and world powers. These conflicting interests have caused the inability to reach an agreement on the legal status of the body of water, led to its militarization; and caused the conflict over the exploitation and transportation of oil and gas. Solving part of these problems in recent times has increased the stability of the region, but was also carried out in such a way that it increased the international influence of Russia, and prevented the entry of external forces into the region.
Keywords
Caspian Sea; militarization; geopolitics; natural resources; international agreements
Hrčak ID:
173021
URI
Publication date:
16.1.2017.
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