and the growth of energy capture on the other. It claims that hierarchical power is sought for its own sake; that building … lives in chains – and yet everywhere we look we see it grow and expand. What explains this apparent puzzle of ‘growth in the … midst of sabotage’? The answer, we argue, begins with the very meaning of ‘growth’. Whereas conventional political economy …

others, the ‘era of free flow,’ the ‘era of limited flow,’ ‘energy conflicts,’ the ‘commercialization of arms exports,’ the …

some measure of growth and stability, depth thrives on ‘accumulation through crisis.’ The past twenty years were dominated …

and Middle East “energy conflicts.” Examining the historical record since the late 1960s, we find US policies to have been … significantly, every “energy conflict” since the late 1960s was preceded by adverse drops in the differential rate of the large oil … for the arms contractors. Left unresolved, these predicaments could eventually culminate in a new “energy conflict.” …

This paper offers an alternative approach to the repeated occurrence of Middle East “energy conflicts.” Our analysis … East “energy conflicts.” At the same time, these companies were not passive bystanders. This is suggested firstly by the …, secondly, by the fact that every single “energy conflict” since the 1967 Arab Israeli War could have been predicted solely by …