KLARE Michael <br/><br/>
The African "oil rush" and U.S. national security / 
Michael Klare ans Daniel Volman 
 -  2006 
<br/><br/> Demand for fresh sources has led major oil consuming nations (USA, China, Europe) to invest heavily in exploration and production facilities in Africa. The effect of this oil rush has implications for the producing countries in terms of large new revenues, and also for the consuming states as they become more dependent on supplies from a region of chronic instability. To overcome the problems posed to US interests by insecurity in Africa the US has sought to boost internal security arrangements in friendly African states and laid the groundwork for direct US military involvement in Africa. At the same time the USA is also concerned by China's growing interest in African oil, and the intense rivalry between the two has growing military overtones. This paper concludes by considering some of the implications of this competition for oil producers and consumers. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>AFRICA--OIL PRODUCTION<br/>UNITED STATES--OIL IMPORTS<br/>CHINA--OIL IMPORTS<br/>UNITED STATES--FOREIGN POLICY--AFRICA