Geopolitics of Energy in West Asia: Competing Foreign Interests and Prospects for Regional Realignment

Autor:	Atul Aneja
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Power (social and political) International relations Economy Energy resources Political science Energy (esotericism) Political Science and International Relations Nuclear weapon China Geopolitics Emerging markets Safety Research
Zdroj:	Strategic Analysis. 34:833-842
ISSN:	1754-0054 0970-0161
DOI:	10.1080/09700161.2010.512478
Popis:	The article analyses international politics surrounding the Iranian nuclear crisis, and its implications for stakeholders such as the United States and its western allies as well as for emerging market countries including India, China, and Turkey which are especially interested in Iran's energy resources. Given the existence of multiplicity of interests of these countries, often conflicting, the article analyses three possible scenarios of how the Iranian nuclear crisis is likely to be addressed. The first scenario examines the prospects of a peaceful resolution of the US–Iran tensions and examines its wider regional and international implications. Conversely, the second scenario considers the possibility of a war, led by the US and Israel against Iran. The third scenario analyses the possible emergence of Iran as a full-fledged nuclear weapon power. At the heart of the Iranian nuclear crisis is Tehran's ambition to be recognised by the global powers, especially the US, as an undisputed regional ...
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