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Russia Consolidates its Position as a Black Sea power: The US, Nato and Geopolitics of the War in Georgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

M K Bhadrakumar
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If the struggle in the Caucasus was ever over oil and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO's) agenda towards Central Asia, the United States suffered a colossal setback this week. Kazakhstan, the Caspian energy powerhouse and a key Central Asian player, has decided to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Russia over the conflict with Georgia, and Russia's de facto control over two major Black Sea ports has been consolidated.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 9 , September 2008 , e6
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