TAPI (TURKEMANISTAN, AFGHANISTAN,

PAKISTAN, INDIA) GAS PIPELINES PROJECT: A

PART OF THE NEW GREAT GAME?

SUBMITTED TO: MAAM NADIA AWAN

SUBMITTED BY: RABEEA JABBAR
REGISTRATION NO. 181-FSS/BSIR/F14

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY,
ISLAMABAD
Table of Contents
1. Abstract ................................................................................................................................. 1
2. Introduction........................................................................................................................... 2
3. Historical Background ............................................................................................................ 3
4. Recent and Current Developments ........................................................................................ 5
5. Laying Pipelines to Safeguard National Interests .................................................................... 6
6. Energy in Turkmenistan and Geopolitics of Pipeline ................................................................ 7
7. Aims to be fulfilled through TAPI... 8
8. Security Challenges.. 9
9. Attitude of Major World Powers.9
10. Significance of TAPI 12
11. Conclusion 13