Abstract
Autore:
Valigi Marco, Marino Francesco
Titolo:
"La competizione navale nel Mar Caspio"
Energy security is a crucial issue to understand the so-called
“arms race” in the Caspian Sea. Naval developments from all
the five countries in the Caspian Sea basin represent a
warranty for the protection of energy infrastructures and thus
to the regional balance of power. Regional and local players
such as Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan try to engage
on a multilateral stage with both Russia and the Western
countries, in order to restrict Moscow’s influence on their
internal politics and economies, Moving from a succinct
analysis of the naval deployments in the Caspian Sea during
the Soviet-era, the paper provides a description of the
current military and diplomatic developments in the area. In
particular, within the security dilemma theoretical framework,
the article tries to assess the most recent naval policies of
the Caspian States.
