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US Role in Georgia Crisis
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... the Caspian region known as the BTC (Baku-Tbilisi-Ceylan) and a parallel natural gas pipeline, both designed to avoid the more logical geographical routes through Russia or Iran. The Russians, meanwhile, in an effort to maintain as much control over the westbound oil from the region, have responded by pressuring the governments of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to sign exclusive export agreements and to construct natural gas pipelines through Russia. (See Michael Klare’s Russia and Georgia: All About Oil .) Amid accusations of widespread corruption and not adequately ...
US Role in Georgia Crisis Cannot Be Ignored
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... the Caspian region known as the BTC (Baku-Tbilisi-Ceylan) and a parallel natural gas pipeline, both designed to avoid the more logical geographical routes through Russia or Iran. The Russians, meanwhile, in an effort to maintain as much control over the westbound oil from the region, have responded by pressuring the governments of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to sign exclusive export agreements and to construct natural gas pipelines through Russia. (See Michael Klare's " Russia and Georgia: All About Oil .") Amid accusations of widespread corruption and not ...
Sarah van Gelder: For Obama: A Five-Point Foreign Policy Agenda
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... . Already, there are millions of environmental refugees worldwide, and many of the brutal wars raging around the world center on conflicts over resources. ...
