The Security of the Caspian Sea Region [Hardcover]

This book is the result of a two-year SIPRI research project. The authors come from 12 countries, including all the Caspian littoral states, and have a unique knowledge of regional affairs. They present authoritative basic data on the true energy resources in the Caspian Sea region, on existing and proposed energy pipelines, on the spread of radical Islam, and on arms acquisitions and military spending by regional governments. They then look at the national political and security interests in the region of the littoral and the main extra-regional countries and of the role of energy resources in the security situation in the Caspian region. Finally, they examine the changing conflict dynamics in the region and the prospects for international interaction there in the 21st century.

Introduction
Emergence of the self-defence norm: UNEF I
Stretching the norm in the Congo
Congo to Lebanon: from self-defence to 'defence of the mission'
New world order, old peacekeeping
Somalia I: from peacekeeping to coercive humanitarianism
Somalia II: crossing the Mogadishu Line
Bosnia I: avoiding war in white-painted tanks
Bosnia II: subcontracting peace enforcement
Rwanda and beyond: groping towards a new doctrine
New Secretary-General, new thinking
Conclusions