Oil Politics Research Articles

Theological Insurgency: Iran in the Region

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsMohammed E. AhrariMohammed E. Ahrari is an assistant professor of political science at East Carolina University. He is the author of The Dynamics of Oil Diplomacy: Conflict and Consensus (Arno Press, 1980) and OPEC and the Uncertainties of Oil Power (University Press of Kentucky, 1985).

United States Oil Policy and Diplomacy: A Twentieth-Century Overview

United States Oil Policy and Diplomacy: A Twentieth-Century Overview

Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission. By David F. Prindle. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1981. Pp. ix = 230. $14.95.)

Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission. By David F. Prindle. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1981. Pp. ix = 230. $14.95.)

Blueprint for a catastrophe: Conducting oil diplomacy by ‘other means’ in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf

Blueprint for a catastrophe: Conducting oil diplomacy by ‘other means’ in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf

Mexico: Petropolitics

Mexico: Petropolitics

Development of the Iranian Oil Industry: International and Domestic Aspects and Saudi Arabia and Oil Diplomacy and Saudi Arabia and Oil Diplomacy

Journal Article Development of the Iranian Oil Industry: International and Domestic Aspects and Saudi Arabia and Oil Diplomacy and Saudi Arabia and Oil Diplomacy Get access Development of the Iranian Oil Industry: International and Domestic Aspects. By Fereidun Fesharaki. New York: Praeger; London: Martin Robertson. 1976. 315 pp. £12.15.Saudi Arabia and Oil Diplomacy. By Sheikh Rustum Ali. New York, London: Praeger. 1976. 197 pp. £10.75. Louis Turner Louis Turner 1Chatham House Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 1977, Pages 144–145, https://doi.org/10.2307/2615624 Published: 01 January 1977

Revisionists, Oil and Cold War Diplomacy

It would indeed be surprising if the recent controversy over revisionist scholarship and the Cold War did not extend to Iran. For the last two decades, most American historians have asserted that United States involvement in Iran was fundamentally a response to Soviet penetration, made manifest during World War II when Russia tried to establish a puppet regime in Azerbaijan. According to the “orthodox” school of Cold War scholarship, America first took an overt interest in Persia in 1946. President Truman sent his “blunt message” to Stalin, the State Department protested sharply, and the United Nations Security Council asked for Russian withdrawal. The Soviets, after boycotting the United Nations discussions, left the territory. America, a disinterested power, had suddenly awaken to her world responsibilities and come to the rescue.

Book Review: The Politics of Oil

Book Review: The Politics of Oil

The Politics of Oil

The Politics of Oil

Oil Diplomacy: Powder keg in Iran

Oil Diplomacy: Powder keg in Iran

Oil Diplomacy: Powderkeg in Iran. By Nasrollah Saifpour Fatemi. (New York: Whittier Books, Inc.1954. Pp. xxix, 405. $4.50.)

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