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100	1		_aBahgat, Gawdat. _979493
245	1	0	_aAmerican oil diplomacy in the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea / _cGawdat Bahgat.
260			_aGainesville : _bUniversity Press of Florida, _cc2003.
300			_axvi, 213 p. : _bmaps ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-206) and index.
520		0	_aThe United States is the world's largest oil consumer and importer. Here Gawdat Bahgat examines the nation's growing dependence on fossil fuels--particularly oil--and the main challenges it faces in securing supplies from two energy-rich regions, the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. He argues that long-term U.S. energy strategy must be built on diversity of both the fuel mix and the geographic origin of that fuel. It should include a broad combination of measures that would stimulate domestic production, provide incentives for conservation, promote clean technologies, and eliminate political barriers to world markets. Bahgat also contends, however, that the goal should not be energy independence, but finding new ways of managing dependence on oil supplies from abroad. He maintains that despite increasing reservoirs of oil and natural gas throughout the world, including the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf will continue to be the main source of U.S. fossil fuel. Bahgat analyzes both recent and historical challenges to the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer and exporter, including the Arab-Israeli peace process. He also discusses the hostility between the United States and Iraq and the tense relationship between the United States and Iran, analyzing such sensitive topics as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism, as well as developments in the wake of September 11, 2001. In his assessment of the underdeveloped Caspian Sea reservoir, Bahgat suggests that energy experts and policy makers have exaggerated the region's potential, citing logistical, economic, and political obstacles that must be overcome before theregion plays a major role in producing fossil fuels. These obstacles include domestic ethnic divisions, disputes over the legal status of the Caspian, disagreements over the most cost-effective transportation routes, and changes in the region in the aftermath of the war on terrorism.
650		0	_aPetroleum industry and trade _xPolitical aspects _zPersian Gulf Region. _979494
650		0	_aPetroleum industry and trade _xPolitical aspects _zCaspian Sea Region. _979495
650		0	_aGeopolitics _zPersian Gulf Region. _979496
650		0	_aGeopolitics _zCaspian Sea Region. _979497
650		0	_aWorld politics _y21st century. _979498
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zPersian Gulf Region. _979499
651		0	_aPersian Gulf Region _xForeign relations _zUnited States. _979500
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zCaspian Sea Region. _979501
651		0	_aCaspian Sea Region _xForeign relations _zUnited States. _979502
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