Middle East

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- Peak oil moves to the mainstream

When I first saw the film "Three Kings" years ago, it occurred to me that it was one of the clearest explanations of American foreign policy I had ever seen. I am certain, however, that this was not the intention of the filmmaker. But let's see how the story illuminates our foreign policy.

A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Developments this week

- How the Occupy Movement Changed Urban Government
- Tweetin’ ’Bout a Revolution
- Richard Reich: The Downward Mobility of the American Middle Class
- How a Tragic Soccer Riot May Have Revived the Egyptian Revolution
- Chris Hedges and the black bloc

A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Developments this week

All of a sudden, the Strait of Hormuz has become the most combustible spot on the planet, the most likely place to witness a major conflict between well-armed adversaries.  Why, of all locales, has it become so explosive?

Oil, of course, is a major part of the answer, but -- and this may surprise you -- only a part.

A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Developments this week

A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-The Iranian confrontation
-The Euro crisis
-China
-Quote of the week
-Briefs

- EU prepares unprecedented attack on Iranian economy
- Barrelling towards fuel shortages
- An Iran war is brewing from mutual ignorance and chronic miscalculation

A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Developments this week

If this were an economic rewrite of Edgar Allen Poe’s story, “The Pit and the Pendulum,” Iran would be but one cog in an infernal machine slowly shredding the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Still, it’s the cog that Washington is now focused on. They have regime change on the brain. All that’s needed is a spark to start the fire (in -- one hastens to add -- all sorts of directions that are bound to catch Washington off guard).

Some economists have claimed that the U.S. economy is less vulnerable to oil price shocks than it used to be. Close down the Strait of Hormuz, and you'll get a good test of that theory.

- Oil Climbs From Four-Week Low as Iran Warns of Hormuz Supply Disruption
- India to pay for Iran crude in rupees
- Juan Cole: Iran Hype undermined by Obama Administration Admissions
- Iran playing war games, but not in video arcades

A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-The Iranian confrontation
-The EU downgrade
-Nigeria
-Quote of the week
-Briefs

- U.S. Sends Top Iranian Leader a Warning on Strait Threat
- Who is responsible for the Iran nuclear scientists attacks?
- Russia Warns of US Strike on Iran
- Tom Hayden: Preventing the Coming War with Iran