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The Origins of Energy Security: British Energy Policy in the Middle East (Selling the Same Horse Three Times!)

Year 2015, Volume: 23 Issue: 25, 31 - 46, 30.07.2015

Ioannis Vıdakıs

Abstract

This specific text focuses on UK energy policy. It attempts to link the past to the present by making a short story focusing on energy sources. The United Kingdom has decided to use the «black gold» in warships, with a serious risk: it didn’t have its own inventory and had to look for it elsewhere. The decision of Britain involved countries and people of the wider Middle East in support of its energy interests for many years.

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References

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  • Bakanakis, S. & M. Litsis & M. Ketantzidis (2010), Oil, Gavriilidis, Athens.
  • Boinodiris, S. (2009), Andros Odyssey: Liberation: (1900-1940), iUniverse, Inc., NY.
  • Christodoulidis, Th. (1997), Diplomatic History, second vol., Sideris, Athens.
  • Falola, T. & A. Genova (2008), The international Oil Policy, (K. Tourna, trans.), Papazisis, Athens.
  • Greer, E. (1991), “The Hidden History of the Iraq War”, Monthly Review, 43(1), 1-14.
  • Holt, P.M. (1966), Egypt and the Fertile Crescent 1516 –1922, A Political History, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London.
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The Origins of Energy Security: British Energy Policy in the Middle East (Selling the Same Horse Three Times!)

Year 2015, Volume: 23 Issue: 25, 31 - 46, 30.07.2015

Ioannis Vıdakıs

Abstract

This specific text focuses on UK energy policy. It attempts to link the past to the present by making a short story focusing on energy sources. The United Kingdom has decided to use the «black gold» in warships, with a serious risk: it didn’t have its own inventory and had to look for it elsewhere. The decision of Britain involved countries and people of the wider Middle East in support of its energy interests for many years.

Keywords

-

References

  • Antonius, G. (1969), The Arab Awakening, The Story of the Arab National Movement, Lebanon Bookshop, Beirut.
  • Bakanakis, S. & M. Litsis & M. Ketantzidis (2010), Oil, Gavriilidis, Athens.
  • Boinodiris, S. (2009), Andros Odyssey: Liberation: (1900-1940), iUniverse, Inc., NY.
  • Christodoulidis, Th. (1997), Diplomatic History, second vol., Sideris, Athens.
  • Falola, T. & A. Genova (2008), The international Oil Policy, (K. Tourna, trans.), Papazisis, Athens.
  • Greer, E. (1991), “The Hidden History of the Iraq War”, Monthly Review, 43(1), 1-14.
  • Holt, P.M. (1966), Egypt and the Fertile Crescent 1516 –1922, A Political History, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London.
  • Hurewitz, J.C. (1979), “The Middle East and North Africa in World Politics”, A Documentary Record, vol. 2, British-French Supremacy, 1914-1945, Yale University Press.
  • Karkazis, J. & I. Vidakis & G. Baltos (2010), “Geo-energy – a new reading of the world”, Greek Defence & Technology, 1(3), 104-113.
  • Majeed, K. (1997), Kurds and Oil: A study in the Iraq-Iran and Kuwaiti relation: Dar Al-Hikma, London.
  • Nevakivi, J. (1969), Britain, France and the Arab Middle East 1914-1920, The Athlone Press, London.
  • Sidebothan, H. (1938), Great Britain and Palestine, Macmillan, London.
  • Tsakiris, Th. (2008), “The Strategic Importance of Oil and Natural Gas for the Safety of the Great Powers from the World War I till the After Cold War Period”, Unpublished PhD Thesis, PANTEION University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens.
  • Yergin, D. (1992), The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power, Touchstone Books.
  • Churchill College Cambridge, Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence, Reference code: CHAR 13/21, <http://www-archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/perl/node?a=a;reference=CHAR%2013%2F21>, 11.10.2013.
  • Donovan, J. (2010, November 6), Royal Dutch Shell Nazi Secrets Part 1: The Funeral, <http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2010/11/06/royal-dutch-shell-nazi-secrets-part-1-the-funeral/>, 11.10.2013.
  • Engdahl, W.F. (2007, July 22), Oil and the origins of the ‘War to make the world safe for Democracy’, <http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/History/Oil_and_the_Origins_of_World_W/oil_and_the_origins_of_world_w.HTM>, 11.10.2013.
  • Ferraro, V. (n.d.), “The International Petroleum Cartel”, Staff Report to the Federal Trade Commission, released through Subcommittee on Monopoly of Select Committee on Small Business, U.S. Senate, 83d Cong., 2nd sess (Washington, DC, 1952), Chapter 4, Joint Control Through Common Ownership-The Iraq Petroleum Co., Ltd.,” pp. 47-112, Mount Holyoke College, <http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/Petroleum/ftc4.htm>, 14.10.2013.
  • Jensen, P.K. (1979), “The Greco-Turkish War, 1920-1922”, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Cambridge University Press, 10 (4), 553-565, <http://www.arts.yorku.ca/hist/tgallant/documents/jensengreco-turkishwar_000.pdf>, 14.10.2013.
  • Klapsis, A. (2012), “Turkey’s Search for a New Foreign Policy, 1923-1925: The View of Greek Diplomacy”, Balkan Studies, 46, 81-98, <http://www.imxa.gr/files/BalkanStudies_%285%29%20Klapsis%20final%20021012.pdf>, 14.10.2013.
  • Risley, D.B. (2010), “British Interests and the Partition of Mosul”, Thesis, The University of Texas, Austin, USA, <http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-904/RISLEY-THESIS.pdf?sequence=1>, 14.10.2013.
  • Thompson, E.V. (n.d.), “A Brief History Of Major Oil Companies In The Gulf Region”, Petroleum Archives Project, Arabian Peninsula & Gulf Studies Program, University of Virginia, <http://www.virginia.edu/igpr/APAG/apagoilhistory.html>, 14.10.2013.
  • Tomai, F. (2006, November 26), The Suez Crisis, <http://www.tovima.gr/relatedarticles/article/?aid=177187>, 11.10.2013.
  • Tsiaras, G. (2010, June 27), BP A century conspiracies, political intrigue and ecological disaster for the sake of profit, <http://www.tovima.gr/world/article/?aid=340150>, 11.10.2013.
  • Zoula, I. (2004, January 18), Mohammad Mossadeq, For Iran's oil, <http://www.tovima.gr/relatedarticles/article/?aid=156521>, 11.10.2013.
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Publication Date July 30, 2015
Submission Date June 13, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2015 Volume: 23 Issue: 25

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APA Vıdakıs, I. (2015). The Origins of Energy Security: British Energy Policy in the Middle East (Selling the Same Horse Three Times!). Sosyoekonomi, 23(25), 31-46. https://doi.org/10.17233/se.72429
AMA Vıdakıs I. The Origins of Energy Security: British Energy Policy in the Middle East (Selling the Same Horse Three Times!). Sosyoekonomi. July 2015;23(25):31-46. doi:10.17233/se.72429
Chicago Vıdakıs, Ioannis. “The Origins of Energy Security: British Energy Policy in the Middle East (Selling the Same Horse Three Times!)”. Sosyoekonomi 23, no. 25 (July 2015): 31-46. https://doi.org/10.17233/se.72429.
EndNote Vıdakıs I (July 1, 2015) The Origins of Energy Security: British Energy Policy in the Middle East (Selling the Same Horse Three Times!). Sosyoekonomi 23 25 31–46.
IEEE I. Vıdakıs, “The Origins of Energy Security: British Energy Policy in the Middle East (Selling the Same Horse Three Times!)”, Sosyoekonomi, vol. 23, no. 25, pp. 31–46, 2015, doi: 10.17233/se.72429.
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MLA Vıdakıs, Ioannis. “The Origins of Energy Security: British Energy Policy in the Middle East (Selling the Same Horse Three Times!)”. Sosyoekonomi, vol. 23, no. 25, 2015, pp. 31-46, doi:10.17233/se.72429.
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