The United States and the control of world oil

Bromley, Simon (2005). The United States and the control of world oil. Government and Opposition, 40(2; Spring) pp. 225–255.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-7053.2005.00151.x

Abstract

To what extent is a drive to appropriate the world's oil a driving force behind American foreign policy? This paper argues that rather than viewing US foreign policy as driven by the expansionary forces of US oil companies seeking new reserves and markets, or by rising concern about levels of import dependence, it is more illuminating to ask how the broader nature of American geopolitics shapes policies towards international oil. The United States does seek to exercise a degree of influence over world oil second to none, but the form of that influence is very ambiguous and very different from the kinds of control over raw materials traditionally associated with imperial powers.

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