Mexican petroleum and US national security

Journal Article · · Int. Secur.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5901805

Fagen, R R

US vulnerability to energy supplies is reviewed in terms of action taken by the Organizaion of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the 1970s and the outlook for supply and price disruptions in the 1980s. The US position is then related to the Mexican petroleum boom and the benefits that increasing exports from a non-OPEC country like Mexico can have on world oil trade. US political and security interests will encourage a rapid increase in Mexican production, and the US will be concerned with how Mexico develops its relationships with the US and with other oil-producing countries. Changing economic and social relationships are inevitable and could lead to serioUS political unrest over questions of equity and immigrations. The difficulty of articulating US security interests without interfering in Mexican domestic affairs will require careful diplomacy.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ., CA
• OSTI ID: 5901805
• Journal Information: Int. Secur.; (United States), Journal Name: Int. Secur.; (United States) Vol. 4:1; ISSN INTSD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290200* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Economics & Sociology
294002 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Petroleum
ENERGY SUPPLIES
FOREIGN POLICY
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INDUSTRY
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LATIN AMERICA
MARKET
MEXICO
NATIONAL DEFENSE
NORTH AMERICA
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
POLITICAL ASPECTS
SECURITY
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
TRADE
USA