Geopolitical Tensions
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- Created on: 01-03-19 08:11
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- The problems raised by energy : Geopolitical Tensions
- Oil
- Power
- Having large resources in fossil fuels is a source of power.
- Russia uses its role of main supplier in gas and oil as a diplomatic tool
- 13 of oil producing companies in south have formed a pressure group named OPEC
- OPEC
- Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- If they decide to produce less oil the price of oil will increase/rise
- 1973 and 1979 oil price shocks
- If they decide to produce more oil the price will drop
- 2016 they tried to weaken shale oil industry but failed
- OPEC
- Oil Companies
- Rich and powerful. 6/10 in the top companies in the world
- some are private and some are state run
- Often TNCs (trans natonal companies)
- Like British Petroleum
- Have 100 000 people, operate in 100 countries, own pipelines and refineries
- Like British Petroleum
- Power
- Geopolitics
- The Western Powers
- want to avoid the emergence of one great power in the middle east.
- Divided the middle east with war
- a region of small oil rich countries (kuwait,qatar,UAE)
- 1980s a long war between Iran and Iraq
- 1991, the first gulf war because Iran invaded Kuwait
- 2003, Britain and USA invade Iraq to increase military presence
- Divided the middle east with war
- only bring more instability
- Untitled
- want to avoid the emergence of one great power in the middle east.
- The Western Powers
- Conclusion
- Fossil fuels
- As long as they are important fighting global warming will be difficult.
- Due to power of big oil companies and will of rich emerging countries
- Positives
- 2015, USA and China agree to cut back on CO2
- the COP 21 led to a global agreement to limit global warming to 1,5.
- Negatives
- Donald Trump doubts climate change
- He has boosted production of coal and built the XL pipeline from Canada to USA blocked by Obama
- Fossil fuels
- Oil
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