Application of Cooperative Game Theory to Conflict Resolution of Caspian Sea, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Shavandi, Hassan (Supervisor)
Abstract
Caspian Sea − the largest enclosed body of water on earth − is the subject of one of the world’s most intractable disputes, involving five coastal states of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan. The conflict over the legal status of this multinational water body emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then the parties have been negotiating without reaching an agreement on the ownerships of waters, and the oil and natural gas beneath them. As long as there is no new agreement on how to share the Caspian Sea among the five states, the two old Iran-USSR treaties may continue to govern the Caspian Sea. Based on these treaties, each state’s territorial...
Cataloging briefApplication of Cooperative Game Theory to Conflict Resolution of Caspian Sea, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Shavandi, Hassan (Supervisor)
Abstract
Caspian Sea − the largest enclosed body of water on earth − is the subject of one of the world’s most intractable disputes, involving five coastal states of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan. The conflict over the legal status of this multinational water body emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then the parties have been negotiating without reaching an agreement on the ownerships of waters, and the oil and natural gas beneath them. As long as there is no new agreement on how to share the Caspian Sea among the five states, the two old Iran-USSR treaties may continue to govern the Caspian Sea. Based on these treaties, each state’s territorial...
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