How might development of oil fields in the caspian sea affect the region?

Their economy will do better with the oil wealth. however conflict may get worse within the southern part of Russia, since that part is already ethnically diverse and want to get away from Russia 

The us is first  the  u.s. economy  remains the  largest in the world  in terms of nominal  gdp. however, the  u.s. economy  loses its spot as the number one  economy  to china when  measured  in terms of  gdp  based on ppp. in these terms, china's  gdp  is $23.19 trillion exceeds the  u.s. gdp  of $19.42 trillion