National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency : Report of an Independent Task Force
National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency : Report of an Independent Task Force

Author: John M. Deutch

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 92

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Findings: the U.S. energy system and the role of imported oil and gas -- Findings: how dependence on imported energy affects U.S. foreign policy -- Findings and recommendations: U.S. domestic energy policy -- Findings and recommendations: The conduct of U.S. foreign policy -- Additional view.

Oil Diplomacy
Oil Diplomacy

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 96

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Weak Links
Weak Links

Author: Stewart Patrick

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-05-23

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0199876959

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Conventional wisdom holds that weak and failing states are the source of the world's most pressing security threats. However, our assumptions are based on anecdotal arguments, not on a systematic analysis. Analyzing terrorism, transnational crime, WMDs, pandemic diseases, and energy insecurity, Stewart Patrick shows that while some global threats do emerge in failed states, most of their weaknesses create misery only for their own citizenry. Moreover, many threats originate farther up the chain, in wealthier and more stable countries like Russia and Venezuela. Weak Links will force policymakers to rethink what they assume about state failure and transnational insecurity.