Energy Security and Energy Geopolitics in the Caspian Basin

The Caspian Basin has a geostrategic and geoeconomic importance that attracts global and regional powers with its oil and natural gas resources. Global actors who are trying to be effective in the region, want to take out the energy resources, reach the world markets and control the energy. The Caspian was once only under control of Russia and Iran, but with the disintegration of the USSR, the Caspian became a communal area of five states, and the conflicts in the area has started. Today, the inability to determine the Caspian Basin’s status, causes the existing energy in this region to be inadequately attained and transferred to international markets in the desired manner. Besides the legal gap, the conflicts and separatist movements in the region, affect the security of the energy and transmission lines in the region negatively. When we add the foreign policies of the other countries which they implement according to their national interest, the Caspian Basin remained with unresolved problems and confusion. This article will, especially, analyse the approaches and the policies of the global and regional powers which want to have a say in the issue of the Caspian energy and energy security. With this article work on how to solve basic problems such as energy security regional peace and stability