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Syllabus: Oil, Nukes & Democracy: U.S.-Iran Relations

Instructor: Thomas W. ODonnell
e-mail: [email protected] URLs: TomOD.com & http://www.umich.edu/~twod/courses What is the U.S.-Iran crisis about? This seminar course examines the background and daily developments of the crisis in U.S.-Iran relations. We most especially study the history and political-economy of Iran within the oil order since 1900, and examine Iran's nuclear program, its rights and apparent intentions in light of the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty as vs. the positions of the U.S., E.U.-3, Russia, India and China at the IAEA and UN. We also examine the history of U.S. relations with Iran and other Persian-Gulf states since WWII, and especially since the Iranian Revolution, and the policies of the national Republican and Democratic Parties, neo-cons, etc. We study Iran's policies and relationship to the U.S.-British occupation of Iraq, the Palestinian-Israeli question, relations with Saudi Arabia, E.U., China, India, and other states. In addition, we will examine the internal economic, political and ideological policies of the mullahs in leadership, and of the Ahmadinejad government, and of the previous government of "liberal reformers." We look closely at examples of resistance and mass struggles by students and others who favor a democratic transformation of Iran. Throughout the semester, we will very closely follow and discuss daily developments in Iran - U.S. relations as they unfold.

The University of Michigan

Cross Listings: - Middle East and North African Studies 334-001 - Residential College Junior Seminar 360-001 - Arabic, Armenian, Persian, Turkish & Islamic Studies 360-001 - History 334-001

Class Meets: - Sept. 5 Dec 12, 2006 - Tues-Thurs 16:30 18:00 PM. - Room 126 East Quad, R.C. - U.M. Academic Calendar: Fall 2006

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Speaker 1. 2. VIDEO: Daniel Yergin interview, CNN, 2004 VIDEO: Prof. Stephen Pelletiere Historian; chief CIA political analyst of 1980-89 Iran-Iraq War, professor at US Army War College 2000-02 Author of books on Iran-Iraq (see text readings below) VIDEO: a) 2005 Left Forum; City College of NY Graduate Center. Union for Radical Political Economy (URPE) Panel on Oil. With: Tom ODonnell, Michael Klare & Michael Tanzier b) 2006 Left Forum, Cooper Union, NYC. URPE Panel: Oil, Nukes, Mullahs, and Democracy: the Political Economy of the Iran Crisis. With Prof. Eervan Abrahemian, Tom ODonnell and Fatemah Mozghan: http://www.urpe.org/Iran_Crisis.htm VIDEO: Matt Simmons on Twilight in the Desert (the depletion of Saudi Oil) BBC Documentary on neo-con vs. oil industry disagreement over privatization of Iraqi oil. Topic Oil markets Iraq War and US policyTalk at Bonaventure College. Video of presentations and Q&A with audience Date T.B.A. T.B.A.

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Exams/ Papers/ Participation/ Attendance/ Grading: (33%) There will be an in-class Midterm on 26 October (mainly essay, but some multiple-choice questions) which tests for reading comprehension, historical understanding and critical thinking. (33%) There will be a research paper due at the end of class. There will be deadlines for: o Abstract (a proposal) due 31 October. You may not later change your topic without approval. o Partial Draft due 21 November (5-6 pages), with annotated bibliography and full outline. o Paper due 12 December (12 15 pages). Grading: (10%) Syntax/writing; (55%) Research; (15%) Referencing & Biblio. (20%) Analysis (33%) Attendance is taken. You must participate. That is, do the reading (it is somewhat substantial), think about it before class, and participate in discussions, and/or in posing questions. NOTE: If students are not sufficiently engaging or keeping up with readings, quizzes may be administered at the start of some classes on reading assignments. This very rarely has happened. General pattern of the Syllabus is: Tuesday: two-three chapters of a book (Yergin, Hiro, Pelletire, Klare, etc.), plus one article (depending on lengths) Thursday: one chapter of book, plus a political or historical article, and/ or an article on the political-economy of oil Current affairs articles on U.S.-Iran crisis will be assigned and discussed as events unfold (usually NY Times, Stratfor, ...)

SYLLABUS:
WEEK 1 1: Tuesday 05sep06 Introduction to course

Topic: Explain daily press postings on Iran, oil, the Middle East and U.S. policy, etc. at the course homepage:
http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran

Topic: Prof. Juan Coles blog on Iraq, Iran and M.E. affairs: Informed Consent: http://juancole.com.
Topic: How to access materials on secure portion of course website. Topic: Lecture: The Global PoliticalEconomy of Oil and the Persian Gulf States: Resources, Consumption, Production, and U.S. Policy. (Part I) Topic: Introduction to important online oil-sector resources: (1) EIA at http://www.eia.doe.gov/ (especially their country reports), (2) IEA at http://www.iea.org/ (especially their World Energy Outlook), (3) CIA Country Briefs at http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/. 2: Thursday 07sep06 Topic: Lecture: The Global Political Economy of Oil:..., (Part II) Topic: Current events in the U.S.-Iran crisis Read: Press postings up to today http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900. Topic: EIA Country Briefs: Iran.

Read: Iran full report via the clickable map [eiacountry05] at:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html; or directly at: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oilns/articles/iran/eia_iran_country_analysis_brief_2006.pdf Topic: Research sources on MENA oil Read: [OPTIONAL] IEA Data on Global Oil Resources, Reserves; Official Projections [IEA05] Executive Summary, pp. 44-53, which concentrates on the MENA states. See: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/articles/weo05_MENAS . - Note: Read the file password.txt to get the password for these PDF files. Read: [OPTIONAL]: [IEA02a] Executive Summary pp. 25-36, IEA World Energy Outlook 2002, IEA, Paris. See: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/articles/iea/iea_2002_reports/ WEEK 2 3: Tuesday 12sep06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Period 1: The Political-Economy of Oil in the Gulf Region in the late- colonial period Topic: Here is a very brief Outline useful when reading Yergins epic book The Prize on the oil industry: Read: Wikipedia outline: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oil-ns/articles/yergin_prize_outline.html Topic: Before WW I Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 7: Beer and Skittles in Persia, pp. 134-164. Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 8: Blood of Victory: WW I, pp. 167-184 (on Iran: pp. 173-174) Topic: Between the World Wars Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 9: Opening the Door on the Middle East: The Turkish Petroleum Company, pp. 184205. 4: Thursday 14sep06

Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon): http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 14: Friends and Enemies, pp. 263-271 (partial). Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 15: The Arabian Concessions: The World that Frank Holmes Made, pp. 280-302. WEEK 3 5: Tuesday 19sep06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Topic: WW II an example of the strategic role of oil Read: [OPTIONAL] [Yergin92] Chapter 18: Japans Achilles Heel, pp. 351-367. Period 2: Post-WWII to1954: The U.S.-British Coup Against Mossadegh Topic: Iran Background Read: [Hiro05] Maps, Main Characters, Chronology, Preface, Introduction, pp. viii-xlvi. Read: [Hiro05] Chapter 1, The Iranian Bazaar: A Crucible of Trade, Religion, and Politics, pp. 1-24. Topic: Nationalization and U.S.-British Coup Read: [Hiro05] Chapter 2, Majlis: Voice of the People, pp. 25-62. Read: [Hiro05] Chapter 3, Mossadegh: The Rise and Fall of a Nationalist Democrat, pp. 63-84. 6: Thursday 21sep06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon): http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a. Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 23: Old Mossy and the Struggle for Iran pp. 450-478. Period 3: Nasser, the Pan-Arab Movement, and Suez Crisis; Rule of the Shah Topic: Suez Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 24: The Suez Crisis, pp. 479-498.

WEEK 4 7: Tuesday 26sep06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Topic: Listen in-class: Pacifica Radio (99.5 NYC): Panel: Oil, Nukes, Mullahs, and Democracy: the Political Economy of the Iran Crisis. At: 2006 Left Forum, at Cooper Union College, NYC. With: (1) Prof. Eervan Abrahemian (CUNY, Baruch College, History Dept.), (2) Prof. Tom ODonnell (U. Michigan and New School University) and Prof. Fatemah Mozghan (Chair, Economics Dept., Hofstra University): http://www.urpe.org/Iran_Crisis.htm (organized by URPE). Topic: The American Model of Automobile-and-Oil-Centric Society Read: [optional] [Yergin92] Chapter 27: Hydrocarbon Man, pp. 541-560. Topic: Pre-Revolutionary Iran under the U.S shah Read: [Hiro05] Chapter 4, The Pahlavis: Modernizing Dictators, pp. 85-112. Period 4: The OPEC Revolution, the First Oil Shock, 1973-1978 Topic: Nationalizations; formation of OPEC; 1973 embargo Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 26, OPEC and the Surge Pot, pp. 519-540. Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 29, The Oil Weapon, pp. 588-612 8: Thursday 28sep06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon): http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 30: Bidding for Our Life, pp. 613-632 Topic: Major energy producing regions | Saudi Arabia

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Read: [eiacountry05] EIA Country Briefs: Saudi Arabia.

Access Saudi Arabia full report via the clickable map at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html

WEEK 5 9: Tuesday 03Oct06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 31: OPECs Imperium, pp. 633-652. Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 32: The Adjustment, pp. 653-673. 10: Thursday 05Oct06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon): http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a WEEK 6 11: Tuesday 10Oct06

Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Read: 12: Thursday 12Oct06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon): http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a Read: Topic: Transportation & Energy Infrastructure | The Western European model; the English model The home page options are all gathered at: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oil-ns/articles/eu/green_paper_home_page-2005.mht Look over the PowerPoint brief summary of the paper. Read: Read the final report (by consultants) for the EU. See esp. portion on United States policy, Russian, Chinese and EU policies. Topic: Transportation & Energy Infrastructure | The Western European model; the English model Read: E.U. White Paper (will give URL) Topic: Petrogeology; oil resources depletion and Information-Era technology. Oil, Computers and the Reinvention of the Earth, The Atlantic Monthly (in three parts), Jonathan Rauch, January 2001. http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/articles/010100_atlantic_rauch01_new_old_economy.pdf Topic: Transportation Infrastructure | American Transportation Model: congestion as the other problem Read: [Seabrook02] The Slow Lane, John Seabrook, Can anyone solve the problem of traffic? John Seabrook, The New Yorker, Issue of 2002-09-02, Posted 2002-08-26. See: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/? 020902fa_fact . WEEK 7 13: Tuesday 17Oct06 - FALL STUDY BREAK Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. 14: Thursday 19Oct06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon): http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a Read: WEEK 8 15: Tuesday 24Oct06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Read: 16: Thursday 26Oct06 MIDTERM IN CLASS WEEK 9 17: Tuesday 31Oct06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Section 5: Iranian Revolution, 2nd Oil Shock, Carter Doctrine, Hostage Crisis, USSR Afghan War, 1978-1980 Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 33: The Second Shock: The Great Panic, pp. 674-698. Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 34: Were Going Down, pp. 699-714. 18: Thursday 02Nov06

Read: E.U. Green Paper and discussions on Energy Security.

Read: [Rauch01] The New Old Economy:

Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon):
http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a Read: [Hiro05] Chapter 5, Khomeini, the Pioneer, and Khamanei, pp. 113-150. Read: [Hiro05] Chapter 6, Qom: The Religious Capital of Islamic Iran, pp. 151-182 WEEK 10 19: Tuesday 07Nov06 (ELECTION DAY) Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Section 6: Iran-Iraq War, Fall in Oil Prices, Reagan, Iran-Contra, Third Oil Shock, The New World Order and Oil, 1980-1989 Read: [Hiro05] Chapter 7, Oil: Life Blood of Modern Iran, pp. 183-208. Read: [Hiro05] Chapter 8, Iran and Iraq: Neighbors, Not Friends, pp. 209-240. 20: Thursday 09Nov06

Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon): http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 35: `Just Another Commodity? pp. 714-744. Read: [Yergin92] Chapter 36: The Good Sweating: How Low Can it Go? p. 745-768. WEEK 11 21: Tuesday 14Nov06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Read: [Pelletier04] Chapter 2, Arms in the Gulf, pp. 33-68. Read: [Pelletier04] Chapter 3, The Political Effects of the Third Oil Shock, pp. 69-102. 22: Thursday 16Nov06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon): http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a Section 7: Gulf War and aftermath, GHW Bush, Fall of USSR, U.S.-British Iraq Sanctions, 1989-1992 Read: [Pelletier04] Chapter 4, Techno War in the Gulf, pp. 103-130. Read: [Yergin92] Epilog: pp. 769-788.42 WEEK 12 23: Tuesday 21Nov06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Topic: Listen in-class: Pacifica Radio (99.5 NYC): .At: Talks on what is the issue in the U.S.-Iran crisis; from public lectures at The Brecht Forum, NYC and Teach-In at Judson Church, Washington Sq., NYC, May & June, 2006: (1) Prof. Timothy Mitchell (NYU, Middle East Institute), (2) Dr. Tom ODonnell (U. Michigan and New School University) http://www.urpe.org/Iran_Crisis.htm (events organized by URPE, and ActionWednesday of NYC). Section 8: Clinton Rafsanjani, Khatami, Iraq Bombing & Sanctions, Iran-Libya Sanctions Regime, U.S.-Iran Nuclear Dispute, Islamic Fundamentalist Movements, Looming Oil-Demand Crisis, U.S. Caspian Inroads, 19922000 Read: [Pelletier04], Chapter 1, The Origins of Religious Unrest in the Middle East in the 1990s, pp. 1-32. 24: Thursday 23Nov06 NO CLASS: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon): http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a Section 9: Saudi Internal Crises, Iraq Invasion, Ahamadi-Nejad, Oil Cushion Fall & Price Rise, IEFS in Riyadh, U.S.-E.U. vs. Iran Crisis, U.S. Sanctions and Iranian Economic Difficulties, FDI and Oil-Sector Difficulties and the Oil Weapon, Irans Role in Iraq, Iranian Nuclear Reactors and/or Weapons, Iran and Lebanon/ Israel, U.S. and Forcible Regime- Change. Read: [Hiro05] Chapter 9, Iran and America: Allies Turned Adversaries, pp. 241-294. Read: [Hiro05] Chapter 10, Iranian Youth and Women: The Future, pp. 295-338. Read: [Hiro05] Overview, Epilogue, Notes, Glossary of Foreign Words and Shia Islam, , pp. 209-240. WEEK 13 25: Tuesday 28Nov06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Read: [Pelletier04], Introduction, p. ix Read: [Pelletier04] Chapter 5, The Neo Cons Silver Bullet Strategy, pp. 131-148. Read: [Pelletier04] Conclusions, pp. 149-152. Read: [Pelletier04] Appendix A: Letter to President Clinton on Iraq; Appendix B: Members (of) Policy Review Board, pp. 153-159. 26: Thursday 30Nov06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon): http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a Topic: The present Iran-U.S. crisis Read: [ODonnell06a], The Political Economy of the U.S.-Iran Crisis: Oil, Not Nukes, is the Issue, Z Magazine; June 2006. See: http://TomOD.com WEEK 14 27: Tuesday 05Dec06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.-Iran Crisis (link will be set by Sun. evening) http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/news/060900/t.b.a. Read: 28: Thursday 07Dec06 Read: Current article(s) on U.S.- Iran Crisis (link will be set by Wed. noon): http://www.umich.edu/~twod/iran/060900/.t.b.a

Topic: Student research paper brief presentations Topic: Course evaluations WEEK 15 29: Tuesday 12Dec05 Last Class Topic: Student research paper brief presentations continued III. ADDITIONAL TOPICS: AVAILABLE TO BE ADDED DEPENDING ON STUDENT RESEARCH INTERESTS: Topic: Political-economic factors in the higher price of oil since 2004.

Read: [Rech06] Oil Supply and Demand, Olivier Rech (at the Institute Franais du Ptrole [IFP] school in
Paris, France). Newsletter of International Association of Energy Economics (http://iaee.org), Second Quarter, 2006, pp. 15-19. See: http://www.iaee.org/documents/06spr.pdf#page=15 Topic: Major energy producing regions | Iraq Access Iraq full report via the clickable map at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html Topic: Iraqs oil potential and the role of oil in the U.S.-British occupation

Read: [eiacountry05] EIA Country Briefs: Iraq

Read: [Marcell03] Iraqs Oil Tomorrow, Valerie Marcell and John Mitchell, The Royal Institute of International
Affairs (Chatham House), April 2003. See: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oilns/articles/iraq/iraq_oil_tomorow_marcell_mitchell_2003.pdf (see also website of Institute: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oil-ns/articles/iraq/mitchell-chatam_house.mht ) Topic: Iraqs oil potential and effect of 2005. Iraqi constitution of 2005 on oil-development scenarios Read: [Hertzmark-Jaffe05] Iraqi National Oil Company (INOC) Case Study. By Donald Ian Hertzmark and Amy Myers Jaffe*, International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) Newsletter, 4th Qtr., 2005. pp. 7 11. http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oil-ns/articles/iraq/05fall_iaee_newsletter_iraq_oil_jaffe.pdf [* Donald Ian Hertzmark is an independent oil consultant based in Washington, DC. Amy Myers Jaffe is a Senior Fellow at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University. This is an edited version of their paper presented at the 25th Annual IAEE/USAEE North American Conference, September 18 to 21.] Read: Topic: Tim Mitchells article on Political-Economy of Oil Read: ... Topic: This Outline is useful in reading Yergins epic book on the oil industry: Read: Wikipedia outline of the [Yergin92] book: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oilns/articles/yergin_prize_outline.html More petro-geology detail, and discussion of Hubberts Peak in [Deffeyes01] Topic: Petrogeology and resource distribution | Origins of oil, conditions for liquid oil deposits, contd. Read: [Deffeyes01] Chapters 1 & 2: Overview and Origin of Oil, pp. 1-39 Read: [Deffeyes01] Chapter 3: Oil Reservoirs and Oil Traps, pp. 40-69. Topic: Petrogeology and resource distribution | Amount, distribution of liquid deposits; Hubberts Peak Read: [Deffeyes01] Chapter 4: Finding It, pp. 70-112. Topic: Petrogeology and resource distribution | Read: [Deffeyes01] Chapter 5: Drilling Methods, pp. 70-112. Read: [Deffeyes01] Chapters 6: Size and Discoverability of Oil Fields, pp. 88-132. Topic: Petrogeology and resource distribution | Energy content of oil, properties vs. other fossil fuels, alternative Read: [Deffeyes01] Chapters 7 & 8: Hubbert Revisited and Rate Plots, pp. 113-158. [Deffeyes01] Chapters 9: The Future of Fossil Fuels, pp. 159-175 Topic: Petrogeology and resource distribution | Energy content of oil, properties vs. other fossil fuels, alternative Read: [Deffeyes01] Chap. 10 & 11: Alternative Energy Sources and A New Outlook, pp. 176-190. Topic: Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of Americas Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum , by Michael Klare. Read: OPTIONAL: [Klare05] Preface and Chapter 1 - The Dependency Dilemma: Imported Oil and National Security, pp. xi-25. Topic: Blood and Oil Read: [Klare05] Chapter 2 Lethal Embrace: The American Alliance with Saudi Arabia, pp. 26-55. Topic: Blood and Oil Read: [Klare05] Chapter 3 Choosing Dependency: The Energy Strategy of the Bush Administration pp. 5673 Topic: Blood and Oil (Note: since Yergin is ended with two chapters, we include one of Klares): Read: [Klare05] Chapter 4 Trapped in the Gulf: The Irresistible Lure of Bountiful Petroleum, pp. 74-112 Topic: Blood and Oil Read: [Klare05] Chapter 5 No Safe Haven: Oil and Conflict Beyond the Persian Gulf, pp. 113-145 Topic: Blood and Oil Read: [Klare05] Chapter 6 Geopolitics Reborn: The U.S.-Russian-Chinese Struggle in the Persian Gulf and Caspian Basin, pp.146-179. Topic: OPTIONAL: [Klare05] Chapter 7 Escaping the Dilemma: A Strategy for Energy Autonomy and Integrity, pp. 179-202.

Michael Klares Resource Wars [Klare02]. The chapters on oil and geo-strategy: Topic: Clinton and Caspian; pre-positioning of forces in Gulf region; bombing of Iraq Read: [Klare02] Introduction; Chapter 1 - Wealth, Resources, and Power: The Changing Parameters of Global Security pp. ix-26. Read: [Klare02] Chapter 2 - Oil, Geography, and War: The Competitive Pursuit of Petroleum Plenty, pp. 27-50. Topic: US Middle East policy history; pre-positioning of forces in Gulf region; bombing of Iraq Read: [Klare02] Chapter 3 - Oil Conflict in the Persian Gulf, pp. 51-80 Topic: Clinton and Caspian; US-Russian competition Read: [Klare02] Chapter 4 - Energy Conflict in the Caspian Sea Basin, pp. 81-108. (Note: Skip [Klare02] Chapter 5 - "Oil Wars in the South China Sea," pp. 109-138; also skip Chapters 6-8 on water) Topic: Theory of resource wars Topic: [Klare02] Chapter 9 - The New Geography of Conflict; Appendix: Territorial Disputes in Areas Containing Oil and/or Natural Gas. pp. 213-232. (End of book) 30: EIA country reports

Topic: Major energy producing regions [eiacountry05] EIA Country Briefs: Algeria.

Access Algerian report via the clickable map at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.htmlThird oil shock; price drop; OPEC goes for higher share of market; 1985-86 Access Venezuela and Mexicos reports via the clickable map at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html Access Russia report via the clickable map at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html

Topic: Major energy producing regions [eiacountry05] EIA Country Briefs: Venezuela and Mexico. Topic: Major energy producing regions [eiacountry05] EIA Country Briefs: Russia.

31: Russia Topic: Japan-Chinese diplomatic struggle for Russian oil access Topic: Putin, Khodorkovsky, and Yukos; political vs. economic oligarchs. Putins plan for Russian energy-sector development as part of general re-development. Topic: The Kyoto Treaty; Russian bargaining between E.U. and U.S. 32: Global Warming Topic: Washingtons refusal to fight Global Warming and relation to U.S. oil-hegemony policy. Topic: N.B.: See separate syllabus for Energy and the Environment 263. Guest speakers power point presentations. 33: Empire as such; theories; theoretical debates (in N. America and W. Europe especially) Topic: D. Harvey, The New Imperialism, Chapter 1. (discusses global oil spigot.) Topic: Empire, Hardt and Negre, 2000 Topic: L. Panitch and S. Gindin, Socialist Register, 2004 Topic: V.I. Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest (present?) Stage of Capital, 1914 34: Peak Oil issue and effect of possible alternatives Topic: Matt Simmons 2004 (of Simmons International investment bank, in energy sector) criticisms, demand for transparency by Saudis, and others: Read: talk at Hudson Institute (PDF) and/or CSPAN Video Read: Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy, Matthew R. Simmons, 2005. Topic: Pessimists camp of Peak Oil by retired oil-industry officials Read: [Laherrere01] Estimates of Oil Reserves Jean Laherrere, Paper presented at the EMF/IEA/IEW meeting, IIASA, Luxembourg, Austria - June 19, 2001. See: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oilns/articles/laherrere-long_iew2001.pdf Topic: Video of talks by M. Klare, M. Tanzier, T. ODonnell on global oil system, from 2005 Left Forum, CUNY, New York, 2005. (from URPE) Topic: Deffeyes new follow-on book on petro-geology and alternatives to oil: Read: Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak, Kenneth S. Deffeyes, 2005 Topic: Talk/Report (PPT) by head of the USGS on Hubberts Peak predictions. Summarizes all extant work on the topic, categorizes, and makes own predictions of peak timing. Topic: The Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas Read: Online newsletter administrated by ASPO Ireland and compiled by Colin J. Campbell. See: http://www.peakoil.net Topic: Nuclear Energy Sector Today Read: Presentations by former. U. Michigan President Jas. Duderstadt on nuclear industry in U.S., France; on U.S. present policy, research. Power point presentations (see Energy & Environment, 264) 35: Transportation infrastructure and technology: Topic: Transportation Infrastructure | The traffic problem, costs; London and NYC congestion pricing

Read: [VTPI03] Victoria Transport Policy Institute, British Columbia, Canada, Transportation Cost and
Benefit Analysis Congestion Cost, Revised August 29, 2003. See: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oilns/articles/tca_0505_16mar04.pdf .

Read: [NYCRPA03] An Exploration of Motor Vehicle Congestion Pricing in New York City, Regional Plan
Association (NY, NJ, CT); presented at the Eno Transportation Foundation conference on congestion pricing in New York City; November 3-4, 2003. See: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oilns/articles/rpa_congestion_pricing_ny_2003.pdf . See: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oil-ns/articles/010621_newsci_hammer_london_pricing.txt Read: [ORourke04] http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200412/orourke The Atlantic Monthly, December 2004, The Agenda: The Art of Policy, Pork With a Point, The highway billa translation P. J. O'Rou rke Topic: Transportation & Energy Infrastructure: Agriculture and oil

Read: [NewSci01] Whose Roads Are They Anyway, Mick Hamer, New Scientist, June 21, 2001.

Read: [Manning04] The Oil We Eat, Richard Manning, Harpers Magazine, 24 February 2004.
http://www.harpers.org/TheOilWeEat.html .. Topic: Transportation & Energy Infrastructure | The traffic problem, congestion Read: [Budiansky00] The Physics of Gridlock, Atlantic Monthly, Stephen Budiansky, December 8, 2000. See: http://www.drivers.com/article/359/ . Topic: Transportation & Energy Infrastructure | Fordism and the American transportation model; the transportation lobby See QuickTime movie at: http://www.interactivist.net/transportation/ride_01.html . (Excerpted from Taken for a Ride by James Klein and Martha Olson), and the video collection at: http://www.interactivist.net/transportation/video_index.html Topic: Transportation & Energy Infrastructure | The Fall of US automobile monopoly, and the Information Revolution (n.a.) Topic: Transportation & Energy Infrastructure | The Chinese transformation; India

Read: The Secret History of General Motors, video, by

Read: Automobiles in China, MPR, Marketplace Morning Report, 2003, see: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oilns/articles/mpr_china_automobiles_14sep03.txt , and the Real Audio file at: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/oilns/articles/mpr_china_autos_14sep03audio.php.smi . Topic: Fast trains and mass transit a. The one means of transport which breaks with fossil fuels and addresses the physics of the traffic/congestion problem Topic: Fast trains and mass transit b. Electricity production in mass-transit society without fossil fuels: renewables, nuclear, etc. Problem of energy density. Topic: Personal transportation a. The limits and falsity of a hydrogen economy Read: American Physical Society 2004 Commission report on Read: Princeton University groups report on step-wise transition to hydrogen economy Topic: Personal transportation b. Ethanol, fuel cells, natural gas Topic: Transportation & Energy Infrastructure | The pollution problem IEA Report, 2000. (PDF book, 155 pp.) See: http://www.umich.edu/~twod/articles/road_from_kyoto_iea_autos_2000.pdf Topic: Transportation & Energy Infrastructure | The air-travel capacity crisis 36: Further topics for student research; class topics according to interest (news media articles available, etc.): Topic: Saudi Arabia; various internal crises; 9-11 Topic: Iraqs prospects for oil development; oil majors attitude to Iraq War; global stakeholders in Iraq pre-war: France, Russia, China, ... Topic: Iraq War logic; the occupation strategy; pre-war plans for Iraqi oil Topic: Post-invasion price rises; Topic: New importance of Iran Topic: Venezuela; Mexico and the Western Hemisphere as U.S. reserve Topic: Russian production and development strategies Topic: alleviating MENA social-economic crises -------IV. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Read: [IEA00a] The Road from Kyoto- Current CO2 and Transport Policies in the IEA.