Perspectives on the Caspian Sea dilemma: Russian policies since the Soviet demise

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 588-606

  Saivetz, Carol R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Assoc Adv Slavic Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PIPELINE;

ASIA; CASPIAN SEA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 3142697029     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.44.8.588     Document Type: Article

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