The petroleum triangle : oil, globalization, and terror / Steve A. Yetiv.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yetiv, Steven A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--United States.

Terrorism--Economic aspects.

Terrorism.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Globalization--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Petroleum Triangle, Steve A. Yetiv tells the interconnected story of oil, globalization, and terrorism. Yetiv asks how Al-Qaeda, a small band of terrorists, became such a real and perceived threat to American and global security, a threat viewed as profound enough to motivate the strongest power in world history to undertake extraordinary actions, including two very costly wars.Yetiv argues that Middle East oil and globalization have combined to augment the real and perceived threat of transnational terrorism. Globalization has allowed terrorists to do things that otherwise would be more difficult and costly: exploit technology, generate fear beyond their capabilities, target vulnerable economic and political nodes, and capitalize on socio-economic dislocation. Meanwhile, Middle East oil has fueled terrorism by helping to bolster oil-rich regimes that terrorists hate, to fund the terrorist infrastructure, and to generate anti-American and anti-Western sentiments about American support for oil-rich regimes and perceived Western designs on Middle East oil. Together, Middle East oil and globalization have combined in various ways to help create Al-Qaeda's real and perceived threat, and that of its affiliates and offshoots. The combined effect has shaped important contours of the Petroleum Triangle and of world affairs.A sweeping analysis of contemporary world politics and American foreign and military policy, The Petroleum Triangle convincingly argues that it is critical to understand the connections among oil, globalization, and terrorism if we seek to comprehend modern global politics. What happens within the Petroleum Triangle will help determine if the death of Osama bin Laden will ultimately cripple Al-Qaeda and its affiliates or be yet another milestone in an ongoing age of terrorism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. America and Middle Eastern Oil

Part I. Oil and Transnational Terrorism

2. Explaining September 11: The Oil Factor

3. Rising Anti-Americanism in the Global Audience

4. Oil Money, Terrorist Financing, and Weapons of Mass Destruction

5. Oil Money and Hated Regimes: Fueling Terrorism

Part II. Globalization and Transnational Terrorism

6. The Deadly Nexus of Globalization, Oil, and Terrorism

7. How Globalization Amplifies the Terrorist Threat

Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9780801463402

0801463408

9780801463396

0801463394

OCLC:

761284053