Enabling the Iranian Gas Export Options

1. Front Matter

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2. Chapter One: Introduction

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3. Diagnosis

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   2. Chapter Two: Gas Market

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   3. Chapter Three: Institutions

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   4. Chapter Four: Infrastructure

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   5. Chapter Five: Investment

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   6. Chapter Six: International Relations

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4. Prescription

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   2. Chapter Seven: Prescription

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5. Back Matter

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Maximilian Kuhn investigates one of the most pressing, yet neglected subjects in the field of global energy politics: the integration of the Iranian gas market. Possessing the world’s second-largest proven natural gas reserves, Iran is a hypothetical energy giant-in-waiting. Yet over three decades of internal divisions, coupled with crippling international sanctions, have left Iran unable to capitalize on its vast energy potential. Increasing global demand for natural gas and a government in constant need of finding new sources of revenue to meet the needs of a fast-growing population should lead Iran to eventually become a large-scale gas exporter. How this could take place and what the implications for global gas markets would be are the central research questions tackled by this study. The study allows a look beyond international politics, Iranian political decision-making, investment laws, and pipeline games.

• Berlin, Germany

  Maximilian Kuhn

Maximilian Kuhn is Chief Editor at the European Center for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), King’s College London and Lecturer at HULT International Business School, London (UK).

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