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By Hooman Peimani (3/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: Since the Soviet Union\'s fall, the inability of the five littoral states (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan) to agree on a legal regime for the Caspian Sea has created uncertainty about the ownership of many Caspian offshore oilfields and prevented their development, while creating a situation ripe for tension and hostility among the littoral states. This reality has created a major obstacle to their acceptance of a legal regime. Until 1999 Iran and Russia opposed dividing the Caspian Sea into national zones, in favor of dividing it based on the condominium principle.
Wednesday, 12 March 2003

RUSSIA BEGINS OIL SWAPS WITH IRAN

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By Robert M. Cutler (3/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: Iran has been seeking since the mid-1990s to undertake oil swaps with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan as a way to increase its own exports. Such swaps involve Iran’s importing oil in the north on its Caspian Sea coast for domestic refining and consumption, while exporting compensatory quantities to the world market from its southern ports on the Persian Gulf. This has been part and parcel of Iran’s strategy not only for developing its own energy sector but also for situating itself as an important transit country for international trade flows in general.
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By Dr. Gregory Gleason (8/2/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: One of the most widely discussed issues of the late perestroika period was the importance of maintaining a "common economic space" on the territory of the Soviet Union. Rival versions of plans for Soviet devolution included measures to maintain commerce and other forms of interaction among the countries. In the end, the Soviet Union did not devolve, it fragmented.

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By Dr. Stephen Blank (8/2/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: In early 2000, the CIA reported it could not guarantee that Iran did not have a nuclear capability. Subsequent testimony by CIA director, George Tenet emphasized that within a decade Iran would have a functioning nuclear weapon. Likewise, the CINC of USCENTCOM, General Anthony Zinni, stated that Iran would have a nuclear weapon and delivery system by 2005.

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