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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Oil geopolitics in 30 seconds Stratfor breaks it down	David Roberts	28 May 2008	Gristmill
Interesting stuff over on Stratfor about the 'Geopolitics of $130 oil.' The short story is: The U.S. is hit, but not too hard, given its transition from manufacturing to services. China gets the worst of it by far -- it lives by manufacturing but it's forced to hold prices down to avoid unrest, so it's 'squeezing profits out of exports.' Russia's stock is way, way up, as it's sitting on big reserves of both oil and gas and foreign currency. Saudi Arabia is sitting p ...
Topics: energy, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

Portrait of an oil-addicted former superpower How rising oil prices are obliterating America's superpower status	Guest author	08 May 2008	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay from Michael T. Klare, author of the new book Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet. It was originally published on Tom's Dispatch, which has graciously permitted us to use it here. ----- Nineteen years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall effectively eliminated the Soviet Union as the world's other superpower. Yes, the USSR as a political entity stumbled on for another two years, but it was clearly an ex-superpower from the moment it lost co ...
Topics: energy, international politics, oil, politics, Russia (all these topics)

The natural resource curse is such a bitch Oil and the status of women in the Middle East	Nathan Wyeth	03 Mar 2008	Gristmill
I'm not sure this falls under my 'campus news' beat for Grist, but I heard it at a seminar at a college campus, and it's compelling enough that I'm going to say that because it falls within academia, it counts. Michael Ross is a political scientist at UCLA who was published in the February 2008 American Political Science Review with the assertion (PDF) that much of the gender inequality in the Middle East relative to the rest of the world can be explained not by tradi ...
Topics: Africa, Middle East, international politics, politics, environmental justice, energy, oil (all these topics)

Another desperate addict Bush asks Saudi king to open oil spigots	Joseph Romm	17 Jan 2008	Gristmill
The president who said 'America is addicted to oil' now begs the Saudis for another fix. Like some binge-drinking, pill-popping starlet -- is there any other kind? -- the president is prostrate before his top foreign 'dealer,' begging for more, even at the risk of public humiliation: The Saudi oil minister, however, waited only a short time before announcing that oil prices would remain tied to market forces -- a direct slap at Bush. Wow! When even your dea ...
Topics: energy, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

Soliciting the House of Saud Bush and big U.S. banks beg for help from the oil barons	Tom Philpott	16 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Bush has been doing some fast talking in the court of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, imploring His Majesty to boost oil production to so that gas prices for U.S. consumers can come down in time for the fall election. As part of his charm offensive, Bush has promised to bolster the dictatorship's arsenal with '900 sophisticated satellite-guided missiles.' He also rattled his tattered saber against Iran, Saudi Arabia's archenemy. While Bush and the King talk bombs, ...
Topics: economy, international politics, energy, oil, politics (all these topics)

We're Getting the Shakes President Bush asks OPEC to boost oil production		15 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 12:15 PM on 15 Jan 2008 President Bush, on a trip to Saudi Arabia, has urged the key member of OPEC to boost oil production. "Oil prices are very high, which is tough on our economy," said Bush. "I would hope, as OPEC considers different production levels, that they understand that if ... one of their biggest consumers' economy suffers, it will mean less purchases, less gas and oil sold." Tran ...
Topics: energy, George Bush, international politics, news, oil, politics, Saudi Arabia (all these topics)

OPEC issues bizarre oil threat, Financial Times also confused OPEC nations demand that petroleum-consuming countries maintain current thirst for oil	Joseph Romm	13 Nov 2007	Gristmill
NPR's Marketplace called me today for comments on this bizarre Financial Times article: 'Opec to seek assurances on oil demand.' Apparently these absurdly rich countries -- with projected revenues of $658 billion this year -- who are selling their product at nearly $100 a barrel, are threatening not to invest in new production unless the consuming countries promise to maintain demand. Seriously! No, seriously: Opec will this week seek assurances f ...
Topics: energy, fossil fuels, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

Curses, oiled again! High oil prices reshape the geopolitical landscape	David Roberts	08 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Check out Mark Landler on how rising oil prices are changing the geopolitical landscape. Here's the nut: The prospect of triple-digit oil prices has redrawn the economic and political map of the world, challenging some old notions of power. Oil-rich nations are enjoying historic gains and opportunities, while major importers -- including China and India, home to a third of the world's population -- confront rising economic and social costs. Hey, I can think of a ...
Topics: energy, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

The book to read on 'freedom from oil' Sandalow explains the ins and outs of oil dependency	Joseph Romm	19 Oct 2007	Gristmill
For years, I have been looking for a good, readable book on the oil problem and its solution -- just as I'd been looking for a good book on clean technology. Well, I found the Clean Tech book in August, and now I've found the oil book. It is Freedom from Oil, by Brookings scholar and White House veteran David Sandalow. It is an unqualified success -- cleverly told as a series of policy memos from the cabinet of a near-future President, who begins the book by tellin ...
Topics: books, energy, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

Ecuador to world: Help us, and we won't drill in the rainforest Ultimatum to the rest of the world	Kit Stolz	06 Jun 2007	Gristmill
In response to intense pressure from indigenous and environmental organizations opposed to drilling for oil in an Amazon rainforest, this May Ecuador asked the world for financial help, according to the Environmental News Service. The oil fields under Yasuni National Park are estimated to contain 900 million to 1 billion barrels of oil, about one-quarter of Ecuador's total reserves. In about a year, international oil companies will be allowed to bid for the right to dr ...
Topics: biodiversity, Ecuador, energy, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

The dots	David Roberts	11 May 2007	Gristmill
An energy consultancy firm says that state ownership and resource nationalism are the big threats to global oil supply. In other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin this week obliquely compared U.S. foreign policy to that of the Third Reich.
Topics: energy, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

A geo-green third party?	David Roberts	19 Jun 2006	Gristmill
Thomas Friedman -- la moustache de la sagesse -- has a column up (NYT $elect; reprinted in full here) suggesting that his "geo-green" shtick would be a good basis for a third party presidential candidacy. God love The Mustache for bringing energy issues to a broad audience, but this column is dopey. Let's start with this: What might a Geo-Green third party platform look like? Its centerpiece would be a $1 a gallon gasoline tax, called "The Pa ...
Topics: energy, international politics, national security, oil, politics (all these topics)

Pump it up	Chip Giller	08 Oct 2004	Gristmill
Thomas Friedman is back at The New York Times after a two-month hiatus. I don't always agree with his stands (and enjoyed the alternative voices that appeared in The Times during his absence), but find it heartening that his second op-ed upon returning has an environmental bent:Of all the shortsighted policies of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, none have [Editor's Note: �Grist editors would not have let slip this misuse of have] been worse than their oppos ...
Topics: elections, energy, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

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