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Oil Dependence As Virtue

Daniel W. Drezner | Oct 30, 2008
In short, a world that doesn't need oil may also be a world that doesn't need the United States.

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems

Daniel Altman | Jul 02, 2008
A host of countries are making great economic strides, which means the burgeoning global middle class is demanding an ever-growing piece of the pie. That’s good news, but it’s also causing higher prices for just about everything you could want. Th

The New Axis of Oil

Flynt Leverett
Pierre Noel
| Jun 01, 2006
A structural shift in energy markets creates new geopolitics.

The Global Oil Rush

Robert C. McFarlane | Jun 01, 2006
Given rising demand and dwindling supplies, consuming nations should look south and east.

Thinking Seriously

James Schlesinger | Dec 01, 2005
America's first energy secretary says we're running out of oil. It is a warning worth heeding.
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Expensive Energy

Nikos Tsafos | Apr 29, 2010
Gas prices in Europe aren’t going to decline anytime soon.

Moscow's Leash

Nikos Tsafos | Nov 20, 2009
The economic crisis hasn’t changed things—Europe still depends on Russia for its natural-gas supplies.

Is Black Really the New Green?

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Feb 08, 2008
Will rising powers like China and Russia use their vast currency reserves to undercut U.S. foreign policy? On Friday, experts Flynt Leverett and Brad Setser laid out the possibilities—and dispelled some myths.
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