What Perspectives on the US Oil Policy ?
This Edito highlights how oil, since its discovery in 1859, has played a major role in the US international policy and economy throughout decades, becoming a key tool of the american leadership.
This content is available in French: Quelles perspectives pour la politique pétrolière américaine ?
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