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100 1 _aBARNES Joe
700 _aJAFFE Amy Myers
245 _aThe Persian Gulf and the geopolitics of oil /
_cJoe Barnes, Amy Myers Jaffe
260 _c2006
520 _aDescribes the risk factors affecting stability in the Middle East among which are: growing rivalry between Shia and Sunni muslims, rapid population growth, declining per capita GDP, lack of investment in oil production capacity, lack of reserve production capacity, poor track record of exploration and development by nationalised oil companies, and increasing expenditure on security. In view of these factors the USA and China would do well to operate as oil importing allies rather than strategic rivals.
650 _aMIDDLE EAST
650 _aGEOPOLITICS
650 _aOIL
773 _aSurvival:
_gVol 48 No 1, Spring 2006, pp.143-162 (106)
945 _i20443-1001
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