Great game or grubby game? The struggle for control of the Caspian

Geopolitics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 138-160

  O'Hara, Sarah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOPOLITICS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; REGIONAL SECURITY; RESOURCE ECONOMY;

CASPIAN BASIN; EURASIA;

EID: 1942467219     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650040412331307862     Document Type: Article

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