{"product_id":"seizing-power-isbn-9781576602478","title":"Seizing Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow oil volatility may lead to violence among oil powers\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe world supply of oil is running out. Meanwhile, the balance of oil power is shifting away from the United States and the Arab states toward national oil companies (NOCs) in Russia, China, and some emerging economies in Africa and South America. As developing countries seek a middle-class existence, their demand for oil grows exponentially, causing oil prices to spiral, turning some into international bullies. Until another fuel is found the world risks being at the mercy of these tyrants whose insatiable appetites for higher oil prices heighten competition and spur the threat of violence, domestic as well as global.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSeizing Power: The Grab for Global Oil Wealth,\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Robert Slater:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProfiles petroaggressors like Russia's Putin, Venezuela's Chavez, and IranÕs Ahmadinejad\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes how oil-rich outlaw nations are using a valuable natural resource as a weapon in global politics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWarns that, as oil dwindles, these outlaw nations may turn upon one another in the fight for what oil is left\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeizing Power\u003c\/i\u003e clearly explains why oil is potentially toxic to world stability.\u003c\/p\u003e  Acknowledgments.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Parable of São Tomé.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Edging Toward Violence and Chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Two African Oil Nations: A Study in Contrasts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 China Invades Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Power in the Desert: The Gulf and the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Testing the Oil System: The War, the Embargo, and Spare Capacity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The History of Oil and the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Ethics and Oil.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Hedging: Insurance or Speculation?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 How Much Oil Is Left . . . and How Willing Is the United States to Drill for It?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Oil for the Lamps of China . . . and India.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Power Shift.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Russia: Putin's War Against the Oligarchs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Iran: Arrogance as an Oil Strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Venezuela: The World According to Chávez.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Brazil and Petrobras: A National Oil Company in a Better World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 After the Power Shift: Where Will It All Lead?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Chapter Opening Illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert Slater\u003c\/b\u003e has written about such major business personalities as George Soros, Jack Welch, and Bill Gates. His books have appeared on the \u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller lists. Slater lives in Israel and New York.  \u003cb\u003eThe Shifting Global Oil Power Structure: Historical Perspectives, Risks, and Resolutions\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOil, from pricing and purchasing to drilling and trading, is a commodity surrounded by fierce debate. Its impact is felt by even casual consumers around the world, and whether you're filling a tank of gas for the commute to work or buying a plastic bottle of water, you're interacting with either petroleum products or products reliant on petroleum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur growing dependence on this precious natural resource has led to its extreme increase in price and production over the past four decades—from a price of $1.80 per barrel in the 1960s to a high of $145 in July 2008 to an unstable and volatile price in the $80s during the spring of 2010. This wild growth has ramifications larger than the surging cost of derivative products and has led to excessive enrichment and power in dangerously aggressive nations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSeizing Power\u003c\/i\u003e, author Robert Slater discusses the rising danger of global oil power as it has shifted over the past several decades into the hands of a few newly wealthy nations. Page by page, he asks and answers important questions regarding the present oil supremacy and reveals what the future political landscape could look like. Topics touched upon include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowing consumption by India and China\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe new Middle East, including Iran, the UAE, and the Saudis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeak oil, speculators, and the volatile price problem\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe risks of Russian oil\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrilling at home and abroad\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eSouth America: Venezuela and Brazil\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ethics of the oil business\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eOil power in Africa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilled with in-depth insights and practical points, \u003ci\u003eSeizing Power\u003c\/i\u003e argues that until we find an alternative and cost-efficient fuel to run the engines of industry, we will remain at the mercy of those who control one of the world's most precious resources.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSeizing Power: The Grab for Global Oil Wealth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eSeizing Power\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Slater takes a whole new slant on the oil issue, offering for the first time an analysis of how the ongoing oil crisis could trigger increased turbulence, even violence between the new breed of petroaggressors. He explains in clear language with lots of powerful anecdotes how a wide range of 'second tier' countries in Africa and Asia are suddenly competing for and acquiring vast oil wealth and power. A must-read for those wondering how these new oil actors are reacting to a much tougher oil environment.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMatthew R. Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e, Chairman Emeritus, Simmons \u0026amp; Company International; author of \u003ci\u003eTwilight in the Desert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeizing Power\u003c\/i\u003e takes a look at the shifting balance of today's global oil power. In it, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Robert Slater explores the motives of international petroaggressors such as Russia's Vladimir Putin, Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and others whose natural resources and hunger for power and money have left us with difficult choices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith oil prices soaring and the world's oil supply depleting, \u003ci\u003eSeizing Power\u003c\/i\u003e raises the critical question of whether the petroaggressors' increased oil wealth, due to higher oil prices, might mean greater violence among the old and new oil powers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you want to gain a better understanding of today's shifting global oil power structure, and its implications for tomorrow, then read \u003ci\u003eSeizing Power\u003c\/i\u003e. 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