@article {Williams:Summer 2008:0026-3141:383,
	author = "Williams, Paul A.",
	author = "Tekin, Ali",
	title = "The Iraq War, Turkey, and Renewed Caspian Energy Prospects",
	journal = "The Middle East Journal",
	volume = "62",
	year = "Summer 2008",
	abstract = "Many have linked the US-led invasion of Iraq to its oil resources, leading some observers to question Caspian energy prospects. This article analyzes how the Iraqi occupation and Caspian oil prospects have been inter-linked, via the evolution of American and Turkish assessments of Iraq and the Caspian region. It shows that, contrary to initial expectations, the occupation of Iraq bolstered the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project as well as a number of other increasingly significant natural gas export pipelines.",
	pages = "383-397(15)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mei/mei/2008/00000062/00000003/art00002"
	doi = "doi:10.3751/62.3.11"
}