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Bahgat, Gawdat. “Oil and Terrorism: Central Asia and the Caucus.” __The Journal of Social, Political,__ __and Economic Studies__ 30, 3 (2005): 265-283. The author examines the rivalry between American, European, Russian and Chinese energy interests in the Caspian Sea and other parts of Central Asia. The author concludes that the region’s hydrocarbons will be important in the global energy security debate but not sufficient to substitute the importance of the Middle East oil. Due to this importance, there will be continued competition amongst these countries for this regions energy resource. (Hector Lara)