The post-war Middle East

Journal Article · Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5505785

Tempest, P

The Middle East remains today the global energy fulcrum. One year after the Persian Gulf war, the region is in greater turmoil and political uncertainty than it has known in modern times. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and subsequent external military intervention forced neighboring states to question the need for a foreign military presence in the future. The rift between the secular revolutionary states in the region led by Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Algeria, and Syria and the traditional monarchy of Saudi Arabia and the emirates of the gulf has widened. Egypt provides, at present, an uncomfortable bridge. The balance of political forces may be shifting. This paper attempts to answer the following questions: Where will we see the new leadership in the Middle East Will it again play a role through the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and determination of the oil price in shaping the structure of global energy supply and demand

• OSTI ID: 5505785
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 90:10; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
02 PETROLEUM
MIDDLE EAST
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PETROLEUM
PRICES
EXPORTS
FORECASTING
GLOBAL ASPECTS
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
FOREIGN POLICY
OECD
POLITICAL ASPECTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INDUSTRY
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
TRADE
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