This article offers a critical history of the growth of the auctioning paradigm as a method of radio spectrum assignment in Canada. It establishes the growing importance of spectrum access as a primary conduit for computer-mediated communication worldwide, and it demonstrates how the rise of...

It has been suggested that Africa is experiencing a ‘New Scramble' thanks primarily to its oil and gas wealth, with the United States and the People's Republic of China actively competing for access to Africa's resources. This article aims to scrutinize the claim that Africa is facing a New...

The Barons A visitor from Sweden Revolution Soviet Days The Middleman Détente The perfet Oil Field Crossfire The First Deal Return to Baku The Contract of the Century The Near Abroad Early Oil A Battle of Wills A Table of Two Negotiators An Accidental Pipeline An Army for Oil Boom and Bust...

Introduction -- A Primer on the Oil Industry -- The Legacy of Oil: 1858-2000 -- The Oil Market, 2000-2014: Rising Prices and the Perils of Profit -- The Politics, Geopolitics, and Global Governance of Oil: 2000-2014 -- The Politics and Markets of a Price Fall: 2014-2019 -- 2020 and Beyond: Oil...

Properties of petroleum -- Petroleum knowledge -- Calculating technologies in crisis -- What kind of oil worker does an oil industry require to survive? -- Assembling intractability: managing nationalism, combating nationalization -- Long-distance machineries of oil -- Conclusion : petroleum...