BIG OILOPECTAR SANDSPEAK OILNEO-MALTHUSIANISMWAR PROFITEERINGIRAN-LIBYA SANCTION ACTMILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXRESOURCE WARSThis study challenges and documents a case against the dominant view that post-Cold War U.S. military adventures in the Middle East, especially the recent invasion of Iraq, have...
The provocative thesis of Tyler Shipley's "Currency Wars: Oil, Iraq, and the Future of US Hegemony" is that the war in Iraq may have been motivated by oil interests, but not in the manner described by most critics. Rather, Shipley argues that the war is about preserving dollar hegemony ...
This geopolitical battle is reminiscent of the oil wars over the Persian Gulf, one which will shape the destiny of the entire Transcaucasus, if not beyond. "If the West gets the oil and strengthens the independence of the states in the region, then Russian influence will decrease," explains...
"By requiring new leadership of an invading country to pay reparations for an earlier regime's actions,international law aims to deter future wars of aggression.Another aim is to provide transitional justice to people affected by illegal invasion."He also cited the plight of refugees and other n...
Iraq "is only somewhat starting to recover from decades of tumultuous events", she said, which include the 2003 US invasion, the 2014 anti-Islamic State coalition and regional proxy wars. "It took Iraq more than 30 years to settle the reparations for its invasion (of) Kuwait. The US inva...
After the experience of the world wars, Russia feared that the West would invade if the USSR was too militarily weak, fears compounded by Western advancements in nuclear weapons technology: Therefore, the Soviets developed and tested a nuclear device in 1949 in order to counter the West’...
Her Husband andKristolused PNAC, from 1998 onward, to further the Neocon wars and their quest forRegime Change. Kagan was an early and strong advocate of military action in Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan as well as to “remove Mr. Hussein and his regime from power”. Kristol and Kagan tea...
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