Afghanistan, the TAPI Pipeline, and Energy Geopolitics
 

[B]Afghanistan, the TAPI Pipeline, and Energy Geopolitics[/B]


As Western powers look for an end game in Afghanistan, that country’s role as a planned transit route for natural gas from Turkmenistan deserves scrutiny. The long-planned pipeline, named TAPI after the initials of the four participating countries (Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India), has been prominently discussed in the Asian press but rarely mentioned in the West. The TAPI pipeline is geopolitically significant, but has major challenges that have not been widely discussed.

[url=http://www.ensec.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=233:afghanistan-the-tapi-pipeline-and-energy-geopolitics&catid=103:energysecurityissuecontent&Itemid=358]Afghanistan, the TAPI Pipeline, and Energy Geopolitics[/url]