Sample Essay On Flynt Leverett And Pierre Noel “The New Axis Of Oil" The National Interest (Summer) 2006

Flynt Leverett and Pierre Noel in their documentary titled,” the new axis of oil” the national interest discuss a wide range of issues that affect production, distribution and consumption of oil in both the oil and the no oil producing countries. The first topic; commonly referred to as “The Black is the New Green”, forms the benchmark of these two authors, and this directly relate to the high consideration given to oil by most countries. In fact, oil has become a black gold, and its exploration is associated with vested domestic and national interests. USA is a big player in the oil production and distribution, and its policies have firmly held on the sustainable standards in which oil consumptions should be geared. On the other hand, countries like China, who does not have oil reserve have focused their aggression to new alignments and realignment with the oil producing countries. However, the prospects of oil production has generated positive determination to the economy, and at the same time resulted to immense war and global political realignments. The current bilateral talks and word politics are anchored on interaction and oil exports. In fact, the East has become so aggressive to the formation of new economic realignments, which only serve to destabilize the world peace.
The two authors have also expressed deep concerns regarding aggressive trend and clamor for allies based on oil politics. This leads to the concept of resource nationalism and energy mercantalization, which is new wave of regulatory measure to regional and bilateral agreements that are to the detriment to internalization, and fostering sound energy policies. With new clamor for alignment on oil countries, the environment has suffered a great deal as countries focus their interest on oil wealth than to look into the sustainable energy policies that would curtail such hazards. On the other hand the USA has maintained a positive oil policy that would leverage it from adverse environmental impacts. However, the politics on oil countries and is not likely to end.