Két változat az intervencióra. Az olaj mint stratégiai tényező az Egyesült Államok iraki és venezuelai politikájában
Two Variations on Intervention. Oil as a Strategic Factor in US Policy towards Iraq and Venezuela

Summary/Abstract: The need for a continuous and increasing oil supply has been a determining factor in the foreign and security policy of the United States in the recent years. The focus of the executive power on energy has apparently sharpened since the Bush administration entered office in early 2001. The paper investigates the role of oil in US policy vis a vis two countries, Iraq and Venezuela. For different reasons, both can be seen as countries of high importance for Washington. The differing reasons and pre-history, however, explains the different ways and means of intervention in the two countries, and in the two countries. Both examples show, nevertheless, that American policy is by no means so omnipotent as some theoreticians of the unipolar world order would suggest.

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