The ceasefire that temporarily halted major combat operations in Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. campaign against Iran that began on Feb. 28, has now collapsed.
“We should draw a sharp distinction between oil as a cause of war and oil as an instrument in warfare,” says Dag Harald Claes.
He is a professor of political science at the University of Oslo and has researched oil, energy, and international politics for many years.
Claes has recently published a new book examining the role of energy and oil in wars and conflicts.
Oil has come to symbolize modern war and conflict, he explains.
Could another country replace China as the world’s economic growth leader, or could China reset for a new phase of economic leadership? This is the key question Joe Ngai and Nick Leung address in their new book, The Next China is Still China.
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