TY - BOOK AU - KAMRAVA, Mehran TI - The Great Game in West Asia: Iran, Turkey and the South Caucasus SN - 9780000000000 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Hurst & Co. / Georgetown University, Qatar KW - Caucasus--Politics and government KW - Iran--Politics and government KW - Turkey--Politics and government N1 - Center for International and Regional Studies; 1. The Great Game in West AsiaMehran Kamrava, Georgetown University in QatarPart I. Competing Interests2. West Asia since 1900: Living Through the Wreck of EmpiresAnatol Lieven, Georgetown University in Qatar3. Pipeline Politics in Iran, Turkey, and the South CaucasusMahmood Monshipouri, San Francisco State University4. Turkey's Energy Policy in the Middle East and the South CaucasusGareth Winrow, Independent Research Analyst and Consultant5. The Clash of Nationalisms: Iranian Response to Baku's IrredentismHamid Ahmadi, Tehran UniversityPart II. Soft Power at Work6. Un-Civil Society" and the Sources of Russian Influence in West Asia: The South CaucusesJeffrey Mankoff, Center for Strategic and International Studies7. Turkey's Soft Power in a Comparative Context: The South Caucasus and the Middle EastMeliha Benli Altunışık, Middle East Technical University8. The Gülen Movement and Turkish Soft Power in the South Caucasus and the Middle EastBayram Balci, Carnegie Endowment for International PeacePart III. The Travails of State Building9. The Armenian Imperative: Confronting and Containing OligarchsRichard Giragosian, Yerevan State University10. Understanding Variation in Corruption and White-Collar Crime: Georgia and ArmeniaAlexander Kupatadze, St Andrews University11. Baku: Creating a Persian Gulf Paradise on the Caspian SeaAnar Valiyev, ADA University" ER -