neoliberal globalization; and (3) to link this transition in the nature of accumulation to the new wars. …It is popular these days to talk about the "discontent" of neoliberal globalization. This "discontent" is no longer the … class has become discontented with neoliberalism. The purpose of this presentation is threefold: (1) to explain why the …

shift in emphasis from “war profits” to “peace dividends” – and back to conflict? How did egalitarianism give rise to … picture that never makes it to the news. Diverse processes – such as global accumulation cycles, regional conflicts and energy …Over the past century, Israel has been transformed from an agricultural colony, to a welfare-warfare state, to a …

A theoretical and historical account of the global political economy of oil, armament and capital accumulation in the …

the earlier military economy and the current trajectory into “peace markets” are part of a broader global developments … historical role played by key power groups. And, finally, rather than focus merely on domestic considerations, we claim that both …, particularly the internationalization of business institutions and the changing nature of the capitalist nation-state. In our …

popular belief in neoliberal globalization, peace dividends, fiscal conservatism and sound finance that dominated the 1980s … some measure of growth and stability, depth thrives on ‘accumulation through crisis.’ The past twenty years were dominated … capital, the accumulation of capital and the unit of capital. Specifically, our argument builds on a power understanding of …

accumulation. We use this theory to assess the changing meaning of the corporation and the capitalist state, the new ways in which …Over the past century, the institution of 'capital' and the process of its 'accumulation' have been fundamentally … this mimeograph is to address this mismatch. Using a broad brush, we outline a new, power theory of capital and …

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.” … and Middle East “energy conflicts.” Examining the historical record since the late 1960s, we find US policies to have been …

acquisitions, stagflation and globalization as integral facets of accumulation. The framework builds on the concept of differential … accumulation, emphasizing the power drive by dominant capital groups to beat the average and exceed the normal rate of return. Four … facet of differential accumulation. (4) Periodic lulls in amalgamation tend to be compensated for by stagflation, which …

conference, the organizers asked the two of us to submit a second, short article highlighting the gist of our presentation. This …

the Middle East. On the other side of the oil arms equation stood the large U.S. and European based military contractors … increasingly inextricable power driven alliances. The Middle East drama of oil and arms since the 1970s has been greatly affected …, secondly, by the fact that every single “energy conflict” since the 1967 Arab Israeli War could have been predicted solely by …