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Though "The Prize" is relatively "expensive" right now, it& #39;s just one of 10 books I recommend for understanding the global politics of oil
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First, @DanielYergin& #39;s "The Prize" is worth every penny. It& #39;s the book that made me want to study international politics. Whenever an undergrad asks me "what else do you recommend I read to learn about international politics", this book is #1 https://www.amazon.com/Prize-Epic-Quest-Money-Power/dp/1439110123">https://www.amazon.com/Prize-Epi...
Second, since "The Prize" is more historical, a great overview of the current state of energy politics is offered by @ProfBShaffer in "Energy Politics" https://www.amazon.com/Energy-Politics-Brenda-Shaffer/dp/0812221664">https://www.amazon.com/Energy-Po...
Third, Michael Oren& #39;s "Power, Faith, and Fantasy". This book situates the Middle East and North Africa as having always been central to US foreign policy (and even to the development of the US itself)
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Faith-Fantasy-America-Present/dp/0393330303">https://www.amazon.com/Power-Fai...
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Faith-Fantasy-America-Present/dp/0393330303">https://www.amazon.com/Power-Fai...
Fourth, staying focused on the US, there is David Spiro& #39;s @CornellPress book, "Hidden-Hand of American Hegemony", which goes into great detail about how the US-Saudi relationship
https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Hand-American-Hegemony-International/dp/080142884X">https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Ha...
https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Hand-American-Hegemony-International/dp/080142884X">https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Ha...
Fifth, a book that& #39;s not yet out, but I& #39;ve seen earlier versions of the argument is @RKelanic new @CornellPress book on why great powers bother "securing" oil supplies when they could simply buy it off the global market https://www.amazon.com/Black-Gold-Blackmail-Great-Politics/dp/1501748297">https://www.amazon.com/Black-Gol...
Sixth, from the producer& #39;s side, there is @JeffDColgan& #39;s "Petro-aggression": showing the conditions under which having oil money makes a state more willing to take risks in crisis bargaining (and, hence, war)
https://www.amazon.com/Petro-Aggression-When-Oil-Causes-War/dp/1107654971">https://www.amazon.com/Petro-Agg...
https://www.amazon.com/Petro-Aggression-When-Oil-Causes-War/dp/1107654971">https://www.amazon.com/Petro-Agg...
Seventh, and still on the producer side, is Michael Ross& #39;s seminal work on the Oil Curse: when and why having oil impedes states from becoming democratic. https://www.amazon.com/Oil-Curse-Petroleum-Development-Nations-ebook/dp/B007AIXLIS">https://www.amazon.com/Oil-Curse...
Eighth, for an alternative view to the Oil Curse, definitely need to read "Oil is NOT a Curse" by Pauline Jones Luong & @esweinthal
https://www.amazon.com/Oil-Not-Curse-Institutions-Comparative/dp/0521148081">https://www.amazon.com/Oil-Not-C...
https://www.amazon.com/Oil-Not-Curse-Institutions-Comparative/dp/0521148081">https://www.amazon.com/Oil-Not-C...
Ninth, much of the above doesn& #39;t deal with all of the resources (including oil) suddenly available in the Arctic. That& #39;s why I& #39;m very excited for Jonathan Markowitz& #39;s new book: https://www.amazon.in/Perils-Plenty-Arctic-Resource-Competition/dp/0190078251">https://www.amazon.in/Perils-Pl...
Tenth, discussing global oil markets requires a discussion of, well, oil markets. Great new primer from @ColumbiaUP by Xiaoyi Mu https://www.amazon.com/Economics-Oil-Gas-Big-Business-ebook/dp/B081VNVV72">https://www.amazon.com/Economics...
That& #39;s 10. Lot more work produced and being produced on this topic.
As I like to say, "As goes the price of oil, so goes the global economy." These books will help you understand why!
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As I like to say, "As goes the price of oil, so goes the global economy." These books will help you understand why!
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