Bin Laden tape urges oil attack
An audio tape said to have been recorded by al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has called on his supporters to attack Gulf oil supplies.
Geopolitics & Military
West African Oil Gives U.S. New Security Challenge
The world’s biggest energy consumer hopes the African region will provide up to a quarter of its oil imports within a decade, up from 14 percent now, and is working to guarantee stability in one of the most volatile parts of the planet.
China and India’s new thirst for oil brings new dynamics to the market
The huge economic growth in the world’s two most populous nations has already started to put extra strains on the oil market. Could the newly voracious Chinese and Indian thirst for oil also have dangerous strategic implications?
Secret £1bn deal to insure Saudi arms contract
The government has secretly agreed to pay the arms firm BAE Systems £1bn in the event that the Saudi regime, one of the company’s main military customers, collapses.
A War of Self-Defense or a War of Self-Interest
American action in Iraq must be at least considered as the choice of a military, geo-strategic, grab-the-oil policy by an administration of oil men very, very conscious of the building longer term problem of peak oil and the emerging awareness of how the oil endgame is a control of the Middle East problem.
Paul Ehrlich Interviewed by Robyn Williams (Audio)
Paul Ehrlich talks about his new book – One With Nineveh. He reminds us that agriculture began in a fertile land, around Nineveh, in what is now the Middle East, which is now desert.
Energy Independence: Are We Talking About Borders or Boardrooms?
…true energy independence is not about the borders that surround the oil, but the boardrooms that control it.
China, EU forge closer ties
China and the European Union, meeting yesterday in the Hague, pledged to boost relations while signing more than a dozen cooperation agreements.
Race begins for Libya’s oil
THE world’s biggest energy companies are preparing to fight it out for a stake in Libya’s alluring oil and gas industry.
Saudi Arabia: Tribal timebomb
Exclusive information gathered by Asia Times Online suggests that the latest incident of violence in the port city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia is the manifestation of extreme discontent within the Saudi socio-political system, which will be further reflected in the shape of more violence in the coming days.
Oil: The Dividing Line Of The New Cold War
Virtually all of the recent political machinations in the region, including, not only the Iraq war, but also developments in Iran, and the Ukraine’s recently disputed Presidential election, can be best understood through the prism of oil pipeline politics.
No Escape from Dependency
The looming energy crisis overshadows Bush’s second term writes the author of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Petroleum Dependency
