John Foster

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Afghanistan: The TAPI Pipeline From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses Afghanistan’s geopolitically strategic location between Central and South Asia, and the long-planned pipeline from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India (TAPI). …	John Foster	20	2018	$2.00 Add
From Economic Skirmishes and Pressures: Whose Oil Is It? From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses economic pressures on oil-producing countries to conform to the Washington Consensus. Examines the use of the IMF, World Bank and regional development banks to promote neoliberalism, …	John Foster	38	2018	$3.80 Add
From Iran: Out of the Cold? From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes Iran as an independent regional power with immense oil and gas resources and a century-long history of Western interference. Recent disputes centred on the Western assumption that Iran …	John Foster	23	2018	$2.30 Add
From Iraq: A Quest for Control From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Documents the official reasons for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the quest for control of Iraq’s oil wealth. The post-2003 Iraqi government resisted opening oil to foreign ownership, …	John Foster	19	2018	$1.90 Add
From Libya: NATO Creates a Failed State From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes how NATO countries, including Canada, interpreted a UN resolution as justifying an aerial war against Libya in 2011, claimed humanitarian motives (Responsibility to Protect), and …	John Foster	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From Maritime Trade Routes and Conflict From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses five strategic waterways (Strait of Hormuz, Mandab Strait, Suez Canal, Strait of Malacca, South China Sea) which are geopolitically vital as petroleum trade routes from the Middle East. …	John Foster	24	2018	$2.40 Add
Oil and World Politics The real story of today's conflict zones: Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine and more James Lorimer and Company	This book identifies the underlying role played by the oil and gas resource and the oil industry in international affairs, with a focus on recent conflict zones. It discusses military …	John Foster	280	2018	View
From Petroleum and Geopolitics From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses petroleum, the most valuable commodity in world trade, and its ties to politics and power. Introduces the links between governments and oil corporations, the history of petrodollars in …	John Foster	30	2018	$3.00 Add
From Syria: A Tale of Two Pipelines From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the Syrian conflict, in which Big Powers (US, Russia) and regional powers (Iran, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey) clash over Sunni-Shia divisions, terrorism, and petroleum. Initial …	John Foster	31	2018	$3.10 Add
From The Petroleum Game: New Realities From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses the patterns of Western military and economic interventions during the twenty-first century, and petroleum’s largely hidden role in world politics. US pressures have influenced …	John Foster	26	2018	$2.60 Add
From Ukraine and Pipeline Rivalry: Two Narratives From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the two narratives (US/NATO and Russian) relating to the change of government in 2014, the civil war and sanctions. Considers energy security issues: Ukraine’s reliability as the …	John Foster	40	2018	$4.00 Add