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Mixing geopolitics and business: How ruling elites in the Caspian states justify their choice of export pipelines

Author(s) -

Andreas Heinrich,

Heiko Pleines

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of eurasian studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 1879-3673

pISSN - 1879-3665

DOI - 10.1016/j.euras.2015.03.003

Subject(s) - geopolitics , pipeline (software) , politics , pipeline transport , political science , power (physics) , political economy , foreign policy , economy , economics , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , environmental engineering

As political elites in the Caspian countries see themselves as actors who determine the fate of their countries and not as mere objects of international power struggles or as managers of pipeline projects, this contribution examines how domestic elites assess different pipeline projects. Based on close to 1,500 TV reports from national TV stations, which are seen as the mouthpiece of the ruling elites, we analyze the arguments surrounding oil and gas pipeline debate and construction in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

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