The Politics of International Oil
Gov 365P/MES 322K: Class 2
Strategic importance of oil
- World War II...and World War I - the British
Navy and Persian oil
- Oil and the Cold War: struggles over the
Middle East
- Kuwait
Where is it?
British Petroleum, Statistical Review
of World Energy
When will it run out? Ever???
R/P ratio is reserves/production,
measured in years.
"Global Warning: Petroleum's Dilemma,"
Oil and Gas Journal, Aug. 28, 2000, was already highlighting the big
environmental problem and referring to the Kyoto
Protocol.
What is the "politics" of oil all
about?
- US national security
- partisan politics: Environment Gore vs. Big
Oil Bush?
- environmental issues - Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge to develop or preserve?
- issues of political development in the
oil-producing countries
- other (class discussion)
Main page
Aug 31, 2009
Department of Government,
College of Liberal Arts,
University of Texas at Austin.
Questions, Comments, and Suggestions to
chenry@gov.utexas.edu