title: Geopolitics
abstract: Using examples from Crimea, Sudan, the Arctic Ocean, the Persian Gulf, Venezuela, and China, Chapter 8 argues that energy is the most common root cause of political instability. The chapter focuses an intense light on the importance of energy to political decisions as it incorporates the geopolitics of energy into the prospective transition to a more sustainable energy future. It discusses the logic behind the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, both when oil is plentiful and when oil imports are neces
journal: Oxford University Press eBooks