Turkmenistan and military buildup in the caspian region: A small state in the post-unipolar era

Caspian Sea had been actually a Soviet internal lake. Iran was too weak to be a competitor/rival for the USSR. The collapse of the USSR had transformed Caspian Sea into the sea surrounded by several states and each of them vie for the Caspian Sea’s natural resources. Caspian Sea became also importan...

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Main Author: Dmitry Shlapentokh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-07-01
Series:Journal of Eurasian Studies
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879366513000158