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Pipelines, Ports and Pressure: Georgia and the Development of Transit Infrastructure in the South Caucasus
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Abstract Georgia is an important element in the development of oil and gas reserves in the wider Caspian region, providing a key transport corridor that enables the shipping of hydrocarbons from the landlocked Caspian Sea region to international markets without the need to transit Russian territory. The comm... view more
Georgia is an important element in the development of oil and gas reserves in the wider Caspian region, providing a key transport corridor that enables the shipping of hydrocarbons from the landlocked Caspian Sea region to international markets without the need to transit Russian territory. The commercialisation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) and South Caucasus (SCP) pipelines has created substantial revenues and strengthened the economic and political links among Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and the West. Georgia will also be a crucial component of the next major pipeline project, the EU's Southern Corridor. This article explores the influence of the development of the pipeline and other transit infrastructure on Georgia's foreign policy, as the country seeks to diversify its economic and political links.... view less
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Economic Policy
Free Keywords
Georgia; Transit Infrastructure; South Caucasus
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 12-14
Journal
Caucasus Analytical Digest (2019) 112
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000380568
ISSN
1867-9323
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0