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Iran oil: the new Middle East challenge to America

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London I.B. Tauris Publishers 2007Description: xiii, 182 pISBN:
  • 9781845112493
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.73055 H6I7
Summary: The US sees itself as being locked into a confrontation with Iran, its number one enemy since the invasion of Saddam Husseins Iraq. But, as Roger Howard argues in this compelling and provocative new book, by attempting to isolate Iran, the US may in fact be undermining its own power. For if the US forces the rest of the world to choose between Iran and America, Iran has a trump card to play: some of the largest deposits of gas and petroleum on the planet. With global energy demands at an all-time high and supplies becoming increasingly inaccessible, Irans oil and gas have already started to lure former US allies such as Pakistan and India away from American influence. Over the next decade, Irans energy supplies look set to radically reformulate the security and diplomatic relationships of Asia and the Middle East.
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The US sees itself as being locked into a confrontation with Iran, its number one enemy since the invasion of Saddam Husseins Iraq. But, as Roger Howard argues in this compelling and provocative new book, by attempting to isolate Iran, the US may in fact be undermining its own power. For if the US forces the rest of the world to choose between Iran and America, Iran has a trump card to play: some of the largest deposits of gas and petroleum on the planet. With global energy demands at an all-time high and supplies becoming increasingly inaccessible, Irans oil and gas have already started to lure former US allies such as Pakistan and India away from American influence. Over the next decade, Irans energy supplies look set to radically reformulate the security and diplomatic relationships of Asia and the Middle East.

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