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Unlocking the Assets:
Energy and the Future of Central Asia and the Caucasus
A Political, Economic, and Cultural Analysis

1. Main Study Amy Jaffe, Consultant, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University 2. Social, Cultural, and Religious Factors that Affect the Supply of Oil from Central Asia and the Caucasus A Seminar Report 3. 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 4. 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 5. Islam and Energy Security in Central Asia Fred R. von der Mehden, Albert Thomas Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Rice University 6. The Oil and Gas Linkage Between Central Asia and China: A Geopolitical Perspective Xiaojie Xu, Research Fellow, The Petro Strategy Group, Beijing, China 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. Central Asia: Confronting Independence Martha Brill Olcott, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 11. 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 12. 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 13. Key Constraints to Caspian Energy Development: Status, Significance, and Outlook Sheila Heslin, Former US National Security Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs 14. Russia and Central Asia: Evolution of Mutual Perceptions, Policies, Interdependence Andrei Kortunov, President, Moscow Public Science Foundation 15. 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