Caspian Sea Resources: Opportunities and Constraints for European Energy Policy
Article from: OGEL 3 (2008), in Eurasian Energy
Introduction
The end of the bipolar system has deeply changed the international relations schemes and the background for the analysis of the relationship among international community's actors. One of the most significant developments linked to this process regards the way in which states and individuals security is being conceived. The concept of "security", as it developed during the second half of the XX century, has progressively left its meaning. Actual threats to international community actors tend to stem no more from the military sphere, at least in the traditional form of inter-state armed ...