Policy Report and Working Papers

 Baker Institute Policy Report 6 on Unlocking the Assets

Unlocking the Assets: Energy and the Future of Central Asia and the Caucasus (Main Study)
Amy Jaffe, Consultant, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

Social, Cultural, and Religious Factors that Affect the Supply of Oil from Central Asia and the Caucasus 
A Seminar Report

U.S. Interests in the Caspian Basin: Getting Beyond the Hype
Joe Barnes, Research Fellow, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

The Economics of Pipeline Routes: The Conundrum of Oil Exports from the Caspian Basin
Ronald Soligo, Professor of Economics, Rice University
Amy Jaffe, Consultant, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

Islam and Energy Security in Central Asia
Fred R. von der Mehden, Albert Thomas Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Rice University

The Oil and Gas Linkage Between Central Asia and China: A Geopolitical Perspective
Xiaojie Xu, Research Fellow, The Petro Strategy Group, Beijing, China

Geology and Petroleum Potential of the Caspian Sea Region
Manik Talwani, Schlumberger Professor of Geophysics, Rice University
Andrei Belopolsky, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University
Dianne L. Berry, Rice University

Asian Interests in the Caspian
Hisanori Nei, Executive Director of Energy and Technology, JETRO-Houston
Geoffrey J. Aultman, Assistant Director of Energy and Technology, JETRO-Houston

Convergent Economies: Implications for World Energy Use
Robin C. Sickles, Professor of Economics, Rice University
Patrick T. Hultberg, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Wyoming
Lily Fu, Department of Economics, Rice University

Central Asia: Confronting Independence
Martha Brill Olcott, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

United States Policy Toward Iran: Can Sanctions Work?
T. Clifton Morgan, Professor of Political Science, Rice University
Dina Al-Sowayal, Department of Political Science, Rice University
Carl Rhodes, Department of Political Science, Rice University

Caspian Gas Exports: Stranded Reserves in a Unique Predicament
Ira Joseph, Former Editor-In-Chief of World Gas Intelligence, Director of the European Gas service
Pira Energy

Key Constraints to Caspian Energy Development: Status, Significance, and Outlook
Sheila Heslin, Former US National Security Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs

Russia and Central Asia: Evolution of Mutual Perceptions, Policies, Interdependence
Andrei Kortunov, President, Moscow Public Science Foundation

Petroleum Ambassadors of Russia: State versus Corporate Policy in the Caspian Region
Isabel Gorst, Moscow Correspondent, Petroleum Weekly
Nina Poussenkova, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of World Economy and International Relations
Russian Academy of Sciences

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Unlocking the Assets: Energy and the Future of Central Asia and the Caucasus
April 28, 1998