U. S. --Saudi relations and the oil crises of the 1980s

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1977 · Foreign Aff.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/20039683· OSTI ID:7217045

Rustow, D A

A firm energy policy statement from the United States should enhance our position with Arab leaders, reassert our leadership in the Western Alliance, and promote conservation and domestic energy development. Oil imports from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are reviewed in the context of the economic interests of individual OPEC nations rather than from the usual supply and demand view of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries (OECD). The argument is made for closing the gap between future demand and internal non-OPEC supplies by increasing conservation measures, particularly in the United States. U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia, whose oil resources have been developed only by American companies, will either remain cooperative or turn to confrontation as Arab-Israli relations evolve and America decreases her dependence on OPEC oil. The needs of individual OPEC nations to gear their oil production and price structures to their own economic development needs is explored, with emphasis on U.S.--Saudi Arabia relations. (DCK)

• Research Organization: City Univ., New York
• OSTI ID: 7217045
• Journal Information: Foreign Aff.; (United States), Journal Name: Foreign Aff.; (United States) Vol. 55:3; ISSN FRNAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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