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Title Oil and the Middle East war: Europe in the energy crisis
Creator/Author Lieber, R.J.
Publication Date1976 Jan 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 7116699
Resource TypeBook
Resource RelationHarvard Studies in International Affairs Number 35
Subject293000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Policy, Legislation, & Regulation ;294002 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Petroleum; ;EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES-- ENERGY POLICY; ALLOCATIONS;COAL INDUSTRY;ECONOMICS;ENERGY SHORTAGES;EUROPE;GOVERNMENT POLICIES;MIDDLE EAST;PETROLEUM;SECURITY
Related SubjectENERGY SOURCES;FOSSIL FUELS;FUELS;GOVERNMENT POLICIES;INDUSTRY;INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Description/Abstract The failure of the European Community to cohere when faced with the 1973 energy crisis is examined.^The Nine responded to the energy crisis in disarray.^This study begins by sketching the background to the crisis, noting the shift of Europe from a coal to an oil-based energy economy and the series of abortive European efforts to create a coherent energy policy prior to the October war.^It then deals with the major elements of the European response to the energy crisis, particularly the way in which the Europeans found themselves pulled in three directions simultaneously.^Next, it analyzes the reasons why Europe emerged from the initial stages of the crisis, in the words of the EC Commissioner for energy policy, ``weakened and humiliated.`` Among the principal causes examined are the dramatic politicization of the energy issue, the increased role played by political differences among the Nine, and the way in which the energy crisis re-established the Europeans` vulnerability in security terms--an area that had previously seemed of diminishing importance to a world in which issues of international economics had moved to the fore.^Finally, in an afterword, the analysis concludes by using the elements of the above case to develop five propositions.^These concern the politicization of international economic relations and the consequences of this for policy responses based on national, European, and multilateral levels.^(MCW)
PublisherCenter for International Affairs,Cambridge, MA
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: 82
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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