Cornell Caspian Consulting

	The Central Eurasian landmass has developed into a crucially important region in global politics and economy in the last decade, and its importance is set to keep growing in the early twenty-first century. The area bordered by Turkey in the west, Russia in the north, China in the East, and Iran and the Indian subcontinent in the South is an area in turmoil and transition, with a number of unsettled, potential, as well as raging conflicts involving governments, ethnic and religious groups, and regional and foreign powers. By its very location at the heart of Eurasia, the 'Caspian' region impacts profoundly on the regional power centers surrounding it--and thereby also on distant powers, including the US, Europe and Japan. It is also home to large energy resources, and aspires to be a transport corridor between Europe and Asia. This region is nevertheless underestimated and often poorly understood in both political and economic circles in the west, a factor that discourages investment and other types of engagement. With experienced specialists and a large regional network, Cornell Caspian Consulting offers valuable expertise on the complex developments, alignments and scenarios of the Central Eurasian landmass.
	New Analyses
	Op-eds 'Afghanistan as Center: Central Asia's New Geopolitics', 22 November 2000 (Svante Cornell and Maria Sultan, CACI Analyst) 'Azerbaijani Leadership Struggles To Reconcile Opposition With Political Succession', 11 October 2000 (Svante Cornell, Eurasia Insight) 'Nuclear Neighbours Together and Apart', 10 September 2000 (Maria Sultan, The News on Sunday, Islamabad) U.S. Policy in 'Caspian-Asian': Imperatives of Strategic Vision, 2 August 2000 (Svante Cornell, CACI Analyst) Articles & Reports Coming soon: 'The "End of History", the "Clash of Civilizations", and the Rule of Law', by Erik Cornell 'The Asian Connection: The New Geopolitics of Central Eurasia', Caspian Brief, December 2000, PDF Format. (Svante Cornell & Maria Sultan), also in Marco Polo Magazine, no. 5-6, Winter 2000-2001. 'The Caucasian Conundrum and the Geopolitics of Conflict'. Caspian Brief, November 2000, PDF Format. (Svante Cornell) Also in Marco Polo Magazine, no. 4, Fall 2000. 'Uzbekistan: A Regional Player in Eurasian Geopolitics', in European Security, vol. 9 no. 2, 2000. (Also in PDF Format)
	New Books
		Turkey in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges, Opportunities, Threats by Ambassador Erik Cornell. Curzon Press, 2000, 180 pages. (Also in Swedish and Turkish)
		Small Nations and Great Powers: A Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict in the Caucasus by Svante E. Cornell. Curzon Press, 2000, 480 pages.
	The Baku-Ceyhan Oil Odyssey, August 2000
	On August 23, 2000, a mixed group of oilmen, engineers, political scientists, million-dollar investors and goggle-eyed adventurers from a dozen countries started off from Baku on Ural motorcycles with sidecars, dedicated to delivering a symbolic first barrel of Caspian crude to the Mediterranean, following the route of the much-debated Baku-Ceyhan pipeline. Svante Cornell of CCC was part of this high-profile venture covered by major local, regional and international media, on a bike sponsored by Azercell, Azerbaijan's prime cellular telecommunications provider. A picture gallery and information is available at this site; more details of the venture can be found at www.baku-ceyhan.com