US POLICY TOWARDS DETERMINING TRANSPORT ROUTES OF CASPIAN BASIN OIL AND GAS RESOURCES

One of the factors that increases the geopolitical importance of the Caspian basin is its location at the intersection of energy transmission lines and east-west and north-south transport corridors. In the article, the interests of the United States, which is considered the world's superpower, in determining the export routes of the energy resources of the Caspian Sea are extensively analyzed. In the first sub-heading, the policy followed by the USA in the field of defining energy transport routes within the scope of its geo-economic interests in the Caspian Basin is analyzed. In the second sub-heading, the policy carried out by the official Washington in determining the direct export oil pipelines of the region was investigated. The essence of the policy of the White House in this direction is to achieve the construction of export pipelines by bypassing Russia and Iran as much as possible, to serve the energy security of its allies, and to ensure the participation of US countries in those projects.