Petropolitics and the Atlantic Alliance. [Short- and long-term effects of petroleum crisis]

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7321568

Szyliowicz, J S; O'Neill, B E

More than three years have passed since the petroleum crisis of 1973 forced the United States to confront the multifaceted challenge posed by an impending imbalance between energy supply and demand. The crisis posed two special problems for the West regarding the linkage between energy and the security of the Free World. First, the recognition that military power is sustained by the economic strength of the alliance partners and, at present, is contingent upon an adequate supply of petroleum. The second centered around the danger that the greater dependence of the European states and Japan on imports of oil could lead to beggar-thy-neighbor competition and tend to undermine the cohesion of the Western alliance. The United States reaction to the latter issue is the subject of this first National Defense University monograph on national security affairs. In it, Professors Joseph S. Szyliowicz and Bard E. O'Neill have reviewed the interaction between the United States and its allies. They have described short- and long-term effects of the crisis on American-European relations and suggested several factors to account for changes that occurred.

• Research Organization: National Defense Univ., Washington, DC (USA). Research Directorate
• OSTI ID: 7321568
• Report Number(s): AD-A-037807
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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