Slater Seizing Power

The Grab for Global Oil Wealth
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-87884-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Bloomberg

How oil volatility may lead to violence among oil powers
The world supply of oil is running out. Meanwhile, the balanceof oil power is shifting away from the United States and the Arabstates toward national oil companies (NOCs) in Russia, China, andsome emerging economies in Africa and South America. As developingcountries seek a middle-class existence, their demand for oil growsexponentially, causing oil prices to spiral, turning some intointernational bullies. Until another fuel is found the world risksbeing at the mercy of these tyrants whose insatiable appetites forhigher oil prices heighten competition and spur the threat ofviolence, domestic as well as global.
In Seizing Power: The Grab for Global Oil Wealth,bestselling author Robert Slater:
* Profiles petroaggressors like Russia's Putin, Venezuela'sChavez, and IranÕs Ahmadinejad
* Describes how oil-rich outlaw nations are using a valuablenatural resource as a weapon in global politics
* Warns that, as oil dwindles, these outlaw nations may turn uponone another in the fight for what oil is left
Seizing Power clearly explains why oil is potentiallytoxic to world stability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Slater, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
Introduction: The Parable of São Tomé.
1 Edging Toward Violence and Chaos.
2 Two African Oil Nations: A Study in Contrasts.
3 China Invades Africa.
4 Power in the Desert: The Gulf and the Middle East.
5 Testing the Oil System: The War, the Embargo, and SpareCapacity.
6 The History of Oil and the American Dream.
7 Ethics and Oil.
8 Hedging: Insurance or Speculation?
9 How Much Oil Is Left . . . and How Willing Is the UnitedStates to Drill for It?
10 Oil for the Lamps of China . . . and India.
11 Power Shift.
12 Russia: Putin's War Against the Oligarchs.
13 Iran: Arrogance as an Oil Strategy.
14 Venezuela: The World According to Chávez.
15 Brazil and Petrobras: A National Oil Company in a BetterWorld.
16 After the Power Shift: Where Will It All Lead?
List of Chapter Opening Illustrations.
About the Author.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Slater has written about such major business personalities as George Soros, Jack Welch, and Bill Gates. His books have appeared on the BusinessWeek, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestseller lists. Slater lives in Israel and New York.