Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501107933 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is also the Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project, which explores the complex interaction between energy markets and international politics. Bush and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan for the last two years of her tenure. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Windfall:
Harvard professor and former Washington policymaker Meghan L. This abundance is transforming the geo-political order and boosting American power.As a new administration focuses on raising American energy production, O’Sullivan’s Windfall describes how new energy realities have profoundly affected the world of international relations and security. O’Sullivan explains the consequences for each region’s domestic stability as energy abundance upends traditional partnerships, creates opportunities for cooperation.The advantages of this new abundance are greater than its downside for the US: it strengthens American hard and soft power. This did more than drive down prices. O’Sullivan reveals how fears of energy scarcity have given way to the reality of energy abundance. It changed the structure of markets and altered the way many countries wield power and influence.America’s new energy prowess has global implications. New technologies led to oversupplied oil markets and an emerging natural gas glut. Windfall is the boldest profile of the world’s energy resources since Daniel Yergin’s The Quest. This powerful book describes how new energy realities creates a strategic environment to America’s advantage.. It transforms
She shows how it is strengthening America’s economy and its position in the world, giving the U.S. Windfall is a wonderfully readable book.” (Joseph Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus)“As a former policy maker and a scholar, Meghan O'Sullivan is well placed to issue this urgent and timely call to policymakers to embrace a new mindset. She offers a rich and sophisticated assessment of the consequences of today’s new energy realities not only for North America, but also for Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and China.” (Nicholas Burns, Professor, Harva