oil

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• 8/2/2020
  

  30 Years Later: Saddam Hussein's Fateful Decision to Invade Kuwait

  by Guy Laron

  It was clear from the outset that this was a desperate gamble that put Iraq on a collision course with Washington. But Saddam believed he had no other choice but to stop Kuwait from dumping oil into a slack market.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  4/19/2020
  

  Ten Years After Deepwater Horizon, U.S. Is Still Vulnerable to Catastrophic Spills

  Members of the bipartisan commission created to investigate the spill say Congress and the Trump administration have failed to take safety seriously.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  11/10/19
  

  The Greatest Scam in History

  by Naomi Oreskes

  Scientists working on the issue have often told me that, once upon a time, they assumed, if they did their jobs, politicians would act upon the information. That, of course, hasn’t happened. Why?

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/27/19
  

  How war forced the United States to rethink the politics of oil

  by Chris Dietrich

  A historian explains how President Trump’s approach to oil is a relic of a previous era that isn’t likely to work.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  09/23/2019
  

  Attacks on Saudi oil – why didn’t prices go crazy?

  by Scott L. Montgomery

  The United States' role in the dramatic shifting of the global oil market over the past decade plays a significant role. 

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  6-23-16
  

  U.S., Britain Developed Plans to Disable or Destroy Middle Eastern Oil Facilities

  British Plans Envisioned Using Nuclear Weapons as an Option in Iran and Iraq, According to Declassified Documents

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  1-28-15
  

  Are crude conspiracies right? Research shows nations really do go to war over oil

  Countries producing lots of oil or those with higher reserves (and considerable market power) were more likely to attract military support.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  10-13-14
  

  Top 5 Ways Lower oil Prices Could Change the World

  by Juan Cole

  If oil goes lower and stays there for a while, what are the implications?

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  10-9-14
  

  Obama’s New Oil Wars

  by Michael T. Klare

  Washington Takes on ISIS, Iran, and Russia

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment (blog)
  6-24-14
  

  Radicalism in Iraq Menaces the World's most Important Oil Fields

  by Juan Cole

  The Kirkuk fields in the north produce only about 670,000 barrels a day.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10-31-13
  

  Mexico's Theology of Oil

  by Enrique Krauze

  Nationalization of oil in Mexico is an existential question.