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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1008</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Military and political security problems of the Caspian countries</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Military and political security problems of the Caspian countries</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Abbasbayli</surname><given-names>A.N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Abbasbayli</surname><given-names>A.N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2007</year></pub-date><issue>4</issue><fpage>9</fpage><lpage>14</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2007/issue/4/article/1008">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2007/issue/4/article/1008</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(13)/9-14.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(13)/9-14.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>In the article paper, military and political situation in the Caspian basin in contemporary conditions is analysed. The author, basing on exact facts, shows how the region turns into a geostrategic cooperation zone between the USA and Russia, as well as position and role of independent states and Iran in this situation. Besides, the alternation of Azerbaijan's geopolitical position in the region has been indicated in the article.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In the article paper, military and political situation in the Caspian basin in contemporary conditions is analysed. The author, basing on exact facts, shows how the region turns into a geostrategic cooperation zone between the USA and Russia, as well as position and role of independent states and Iran in this situation. Besides, the alternation of Azerbaijan's geopolitical position in the region has been indicated in the article.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru" /><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>