It is not uncommon to hear states and their leaders criticized
for "mixing oil and politics." The U.S.-led Iraq War was criticized
as a "war for oil." When energy exporters overtly use energy as a
tool to promote their foreign policy goals, Europe and the United
States regularly decry the use of energy as a "weapon" rather than
accept it as a standard and legitimate tool of diplomacy.In "Energy
Politics," Brenda Shaffer argues that energy and politics are
intrinsically linked. Modern life--from production of goods, to
means of travel and entertainment, to methods of waging war--is
heavily dependent on access to energy. A country's ability to
acquire and use energy supplies crucially determines the state of
its economy, its national security, and the quality and
sustainability of its environment. Energy supply can serve as a
basis for regional cooperation, but at the same time can serve as a
source of conflict among energy seekers and between producers and
consumers.Shaffer provides a broad introduction to the ways in
which energy affects domestic and regional political developments
and foreign policy. While previous scholarship has focused
primarily on the politics surrounding oil, Shaffer broadens her
scope to include the increasingly important role of natural gas and
alternative energy sources as well as emerging concerns such as
climate change, the global energy divide, and the coordinated
international policy-making required to combat them. "Energy
Politics" concludes with examinations of how politics and energy
interact in six of the world's largest producers and consumers of
energy: Russia, Europe, the United States, China, Iran, and Saudi
Arabia.
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