Geopolityczne znaczenie poradzieckiej Azji Centralnej w kontekście przemian na rynkach gazu ziemnego
How Shale Gas Revolution and LNG Technology Will Change the Geopolitical Attractiveness of Post-Soviet Central Asia

Summary/Abstract: Analyses of post-Soviet Central Asia are mostly of geopolitical character. Predominantly they concern region's role in context of Western military presence in Afghanistan or its economic attractiveness in context of Caspian natural gas and crude oil reserves. However, the ongoing scientific debates, while concentrated on short-term developments in the post-Soviet space, often do not acknowledge the consequences of international shale gas revolution and LNG technology proliferation for the region. Technological advancement in terms of natural gas extraction, transport and distribution may decrease region’s attractiveness for the Western actors and make the New Great Game in Central Asia a domain of exclusively authoritarian players.

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