1st Edition

Economic Diplomacy Embargo Leverage And World Politics

By M. S. Daoudi Copyright 1985
    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book examines uses of economic resources and raw materials as political leverage in international affairs by investigating the power of oil. It analyzes the Arab oil-producing nations' use of the oil weapon to influence the foreign policy of a number of major Western nations.

    Also of Interest -- Introduction -- The Leverage of Oil, 1956 -- The Leverage of Oil, 1967 -- The Growing Momentum of Arab Oil Leverage, 1959-1973 -- The Control of Oil, 1967-1973: Participation and Nationalization -- The Shift from the Nasser Era to the Faisal Era, 1967-1973 -- The Leverage of Oil, 1973/1974 -- Conclusions: Lessons of Oil Leverage -- Baghdad Oil Conference, 5 June 1967 -- Decision to Lift Oil Embargo, 1 September 1967 -- OAPEC Ministerial Council Statement on Production Cutbacks, 17 October 1973 -- Resolution to Impose Oil Embargo, 17 October 1973 -- Communiqué: Conference of Arab Oil Ministers, Kuwait, 4-5 November 1973 -- Resolution on Oil, Sixth Arab Summit Conference, Algiers, 28 November 19731 -- Resolution, Arab Oil Ministers, on Lifting Oil Embargo Against the U.S., Kuwait, 8 December 1973 -- Text of Decision to Lift Oil Embargo, 18 March 1974 -- Identifications of Officials