Oil politics are behind yet another burgeoning arms race, this time in the long-overlooked Caspian Sea. Five coastal states are now competing to lay claim to the hydrocarbons it promises -- and in a region where Iran and Russia have traditionally dominated, the post-Soviet states of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan are building up military capabilities of their own. As Joshua Kucera writes for Foreign Policy, the result is an odd combination of mutual distrust, occasional cooperation, and a more than a bit of tension.
Russia has long seen the Caspian as the swimming pool in its backyard, but here's a look at the rising naval powers dipping a toe in the waters.
Joshua Kucera
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