Energy Politics
Energy Politics It is not uncommon to hear states and their leaders criticized for mixing oil and politics. When energy exporters overtly use energy as a tool to promote their foreign policy goals,…
Specifikacia Energy Politics
Energy Politics
It is not uncommon to hear states and their leaders criticized for mixing oil and politics. 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. The U.S.-led Iraq War was criticized as a war for oil.
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. Modern life--from production of goods, to means of travel and entertainment, to methods of waging war--is heavily dependent on access to energy. Energy supply can serve as a basis for regional cooperation, but at the same time