
/250/ Oil & Disorder ft. Helen Thompson
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Energy and Democracy, a Book Review
The book is about the role that energy has played in crucial kind of geopolitical pivot points over the course of the cold war. It was written to help students understand international politics, and how these things interact with each other. And i would say part of what thens goes back to the earlier point that i made earlier this year: That shale nd oil boom is dependent upon a monestery environment which makes it possible for unprofitable production take place. But if we look at this situation in terms of political terms, why it was an indo-go politics shock? The world had got used to some sort of power sharing arrangement between two european powers by having a presence in the
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