"The real story of global oil over the past twenty-five years is not about the spillover effects of Palestinians fighting Israelis, or terrorist attacks on U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, or Iraq's stormy relationship with Kuwait. It is not...

A Prelude to the Foundation of Political Economy is a groundbreaking volume of theory and strategy on political economy and polity of the twenty-first century. Distilled in concrete terms, it elucidates the enigma of oil in view of the centrality of global social relations.

Key Features:Presents detailed statistics of the oil and gas sector in ChinaExamines the Chinese oil industry from a cross-disciplinary political economy as well as international relations perspective.

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The History of Oil and International Affairs -- 2 The Illiberal Political Economy of Oil -- 3 Oil, American Diplomacy, and Weak Institutions -- 4 Oil and International Security -- 5 Oil and US Grand Strategy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Hydrocarbon Hucksters is the saga of the oil industry's takeover of Louisiana-its leaders, its laws, its environment, and, by rechanneling the flow of public information, its voters. It is a chronicle of mindboggling scientific and technical triumphs sharing the same public stew with myths about...

The petroleum fiscal system for a country is essentially the taxation structure, including royalty payments, that has been established by legislation. More broadly, the fiscal system includes all aspects of the contractual and taxation framework that governs the relationship between the host...