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and 2005, but since the Pejvak seismic vessel caught fire in 2005, Iran has conducted no further seismic operations there (Dalga Khatinoglu, “Iran Needs $500 Mn
to Cut Flaring” 2017).
Chapter Outline
The current project includes seven chapters. Introduction aims to present the book
statement, highlighting issues which have cropped up during the research, the
research questions, the aim and significance of the study, and the outline of the
research procedure. Chapter 1 addresses methodological issues, providing information regarding data collection procedures, the data coding technique utilized, data
analysis methods, and interpretations and discussions about the theoretical framework used. Structural Realism has been the perspective through which information
has been analyzed pertaining to US foreign diplomacy in the Central Asia and
Caspian Sea regions.
Chapter 2 reports a review of the related literature on US energy and foreign
policy in discussing energy diplomacy in the region under the Bush, Obama, and
Trump administrations.
Chapter 3 explains the international context of the new era and its impact on
Caspian pipeline projects; and further looks at the role of other players in the “New
Great Game.” This chapter looks at how this has affected the Caspian’s legal status,
the success of the security in the region and economic organization and projects,
and major transit projects.
Chapters 4 and 5 lays out how US diplomacy regarding energy in the Caspian
Sea evolved over the course of the Bush and Obama administrations. This chapter
aims to find a correlation between the Shale Gas Revolution and Obama’s foreign
policy shift. Chapter 6 lays out US Energy Diplomacy under Trump. Chapter 7
compares findings to present the conclusion of this study. It presents US foreign
policy in the region vis-à-vis those of other great powers in the region and provides
suggestions for additional research which could further develop analyses of US
foreign policy in the region regarding energy.
Supply Routes
Central Asian countries and the Republic of Azerbaijan being landlocked, these
newly independent republics needed to establish oil and gas pipelines in order to
transport the supply to the market. The only current route available is that which
relies on Russian infrastructure leftover from the Soviet Union era. Now, due to the
exhaustion of the old pipelines and the emergence of a current stalemate threatening
the independence of these republics, new pipeline ideas and projects have come to
Introduction
and 2005, but since the Pejvak seismic vessel caught fire in 2005, Iran has conducted no further seismic operations there (Dalga Khatinoglu, “Iran Needs $500 Mn
to Cut Flaring” 2017).
Chapter Outline
The current project includes seven chapters. Introduction aims to present the book
statement, highlighting issues which have cropped up during the research, the
research questions, the aim and significance of the study, and the outline of the
research procedure. Chapter 1 addresses methodological issues, providing information regarding data collection procedures, the data coding technique utilized, data
analysis methods, and interpretations and discussions about the theoretical framework used. Structural Realism has been the perspective through which information
has been analyzed pertaining to US foreign diplomacy in the Central Asia and
Caspian Sea regions.
Chapter 2 reports a review of the related literature on US energy and foreign
policy in discussing energy diplomacy in the region under the Bush, Obama, and
Trump administrations.
Chapter 3 explains the international context of the new era and its impact on
Caspian pipeline projects; and further looks at the role of other players in the “New
Great Game.” This chapter looks at how this has affected the Caspian’s legal status,
the success of the security in the region and economic organization and projects,
and major transit projects.
Chapters 4 and 5 lays out how US diplomacy regarding energy in the Caspian
Sea evolved over the course of the Bush and Obama administrations. This chapter
aims to find a correlation between the Shale Gas Revolution and Obama’s foreign
policy shift. Chapter 6 lays out US Energy Diplomacy under Trump. Chapter 7
compares findings to present the conclusion of this study. It presents US foreign
policy in the region vis-à-vis those of other great powers in the region and provides
suggestions for additional research which could further develop analyses of US
foreign policy in the region regarding energy.
Supply Routes
Central Asian countries and the Republic of Azerbaijan being landlocked, these
newly independent republics needed to establish oil and gas pipelines in order to
transport the supply to the market. The only current route available is that which
relies on Russian infrastructure leftover from the Soviet Union era. Now, due to the
exhaustion of the old pipelines and the emergence of a current stalemate threatening
the independence of these republics, new pipeline ideas and projects have come to
Introduction