02014nam a2200265 a 4500 ASIN1845112490 20170105102906.0 131024s2007 xxu eng d 1845112490 (hardcover) $47.00 9781845112493 (hardcover) 0 E183.8.I55 327.73055 Howard, Roger. Iran oil : the new middle east challenge to america / Roger Howard. [S.l.] : I. B. Tauris, 2007. 272 p. ; 24 cm. The US sees itself as being locked into a confrontation with Iran, its number one enemy since the invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But, as Roger Howard argues in this compelling and provocative new book, by attempting to isolate Iran, the US may in fact be undermining its own power. For if the US forces the rest of the world to choose between Iran and America, Iran has a trump card to play: some of the largest deposits of gas and petroleum on the planet. With global energy demands at an all-time high and supplies becoming increasingly inaccessible, Iran's oil and gas have already started to lure former US allies such as Pakistan and India away from American influence. Over the next decade, Iran's energy supplies look set to radically reformulate the security and diplomatic relationships of Asia and the Middle East. Furthermore, because of US trade embargoes on Iran, it is only the US's rivals, such as China, who are able to fully exploit Iran's natural resources, thus powering a new alliance of countries which will act as a counterweight to US global power. By pursuing such a hostile agenda to a country with so much petro-clout, America is, according to Howard, writing its obituary as the world's only superpower. International relations Iran Petroleum reserves United States Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845112490/chopaconline-20 ddc BK 14887 14887 0 0 0 0 NFIC CIPS CIPS GEN 2013-10-01 0 327.73055 HOW 2007 CIPS0001334 2013-10-24 2013-10-24 BK