Fuelling power: the evolution of oil and natural gas as economic and political weapons
Delogu, Alessandro (A.A. 2024/2025) Fuelling power: the evolution of oil and natural gas as economic and political weapons. Tesi di Laurea in International economics, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Marco Magnani, pp. 196. [Master's Degree Thesis]
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The 1850s “rediscovery” of oil and its economic, diplomatic and military consequences. The kerosene era. Oil production in the rest of the world and the first oil-related diplomatic tensions. The global-scale boom and bust of standard oil. The advent of oil’s age of energy and the beginning of the oil quest in the MENA region. The two world wars: the oil transition, the thirst and the dependency. The advent of oil’s age of energy and its impact on the great war. The 1922 discovery: Venezuela and the plague of oil market reliance. The inter-war period and the birth of emergency oil stocks. The price of “black gold”: how oil shaped the second world war. The birth and development of the natural gas market until 1945. The cold war and the intensification of energy weaponization. The Western world between the marshal plan and the “golden age”. The global South and the phenomenon of petro-nationalism. The rise in oil consumption, the founding of OPEC and the two oil crises. The Soviet bloc and the exploitation of oil and gas. From emergency oil stocks to the petrodollar: the finance behind energy control. The “modern” days, between energy transition and new quests for oil and gas. US unipolarity and energy security strategies. The China-Russia axis: shifting energy consumption and flows. The European Union between dependency and diversification. Emergency oil stocks: current dynamics and future pathways.
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Bibliografia: pp. 174-194.
| Thesis Type: | Master's Degree Thesis |
|---|---|
| Institution: | Luiss Guido Carli |
| Degree Program: | Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52) |
| Chair: | International economics |
| Thesis Supervisor: | Magnani, Marco |
| Thesis Co-Supervisor: | Simoni, Marco |
| Academic Year: | 2024/2025 |
| Session: | Autumn |
| Deposited by: | Alessandro Perfetti |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Mar 2026 11:23 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2026 11:23 |
| URI: | https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/45128 |
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