Oil and gas pipelines, once built, create new diplomatic realities - some states are newly connected, others isolated. Some states benefit economically, others lose out. This book takes us along the pipeline networks, from Kandahar to the Caspian basin, from Ceyhan to China, and shows us how they form the foundation of the geopolitical order.
Rafael Kandiyoti is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London.
'informative and comprehensive, written with technical precision, awareness of political context and accessibility' Fred Halliday, Late Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics "With energy demand soaring in industrialising Asia - pipelines become central to a proper understanding of world affairs. In this groundbreaking book, Rafael Kandiyoti takes us along the pipeline networks, from Kandahar to the Caspian basin, from Ceyhan to China, and shows us how they form the foundation of the new geopolitical order - This is an entirely new way to view the international politics of oil and natural gas and therefore crucial to any explanation of the tensions involving Central Asia, The Middle East, Russia, China and Europe - " Alarab Online
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