THE PETROLEUM TRIANGLE: OIL, GLOBALIZATION, AND TERROR

Book ID/图书代码： 03360010B43244

English Summary/英文概要： In The Petroleum Triangle, Steve A. Yetiv tells the interconnected story of oil, globalization, and terrorism. Yetiv asks how Al-Qaeda, a small band of terrorists, became such a real and perceived threat to American and global security, a threat viewed as profound enough to motivate the strongest power in world history to undertake extraordinary actions, including two very costly wars.

Yetiv argues that Middle East oil and globalization have combined to augment the real and perceived threat of transnational terrorism. Globalization has allowed terrorists to do things that otherwise would be more difficult and costly: exploit technology, generate fear beyond their capabilities, target vulnerable economic and political nodes, and capitalize on socio-economic dislocation. Meanwhile, Middle East oil has fueled terrorism by helping to bolster oil-rich regimes that terrorists hate, to fund the terrorist infrastructure, and to generate anti-American and anti-Western sentiments about American support for oil-rich regimes and perceived Western designs on Middle East oil. Together, Middle East oil and globalization have combined in various ways to help create Al-Qaeda’s real and perceived threat, and that of its affiliates and offshoots. The combined effect has shaped important contours of the Petroleum Triangle and of world affairs.

A sweeping analysis of contemporary world politics and American foreign and military policy, The Petroleum Triangle convincingly argues that it is critical to understand the connections among oil, globalization, and terrorism if we seek to comprehend modern global politics. What happens within the Petroleum Triangle will help determine if the death of Osama bin Laden will ultimately cripple Al-Qaeda and its affiliates or be yet another milestone in an ongoing age of terrorism.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 史蒂夫•A•耶蒂夫通过《石油三角》一书，向我们介绍了石油，全球化和恐怖主义之间交织不清的联系故事，作者试问，为何一个小小的基地组织，竟然会对美国以及全球构成安全问题构成威胁？并且这一威胁已经严重到迫使世界历史上最强大的国家--美国，采取了极端措施，甚至为其发动了两场劳民伤财的战争？

作者认为中东石油以及全球化的日益加深共同导致了如今人头疼的跨国恐怖主义，全球化使得恐怖分子们能够更为轻而易举的活动：强占利用最新科学技术，制造恐慌，瞄准薄弱的政治经济体，利用社会政治经济动乱制造恐慌。与此同时，美国支持那些恐怖分子憎恨的石油国家政权的行为使得中东石油充分发挥了助燃恐怖主义的作用，石油还为恐怖主义基础设施的采购提供了方便，一方面美国公然支持石油国家政权，另一方面欧洲国家对于中东石油普遍觊觎，因而反美反欧情节更是一路高涨。在中东石油和国家化的合力作用下，基地组织及其分支得以产生发展，从而对我们构成各类威胁。由此，围绕石油的三角关系渐渐明朗，并开始对全球发展产生影响。《石油三角》向我们详尽的展示了当代国际政治和美国军事外交政策，想要透彻理解现代全球政治，首先看清石油，全球化和恐怖主义的关系是极为重要的。乌萨姆•本•拉登之死能否最终最终削弱基地组织及其势力？抑或者只不过是恐怖主义发展历程中的一个标志性事件，恐怖主义仍将继续？这一切都取决于石油三角内多方势力的较量。(兼职翻译-DC)

Awards/获奖情况：“《石油三角》一书对于当前形势进行了深入的调查分析，它的创作出版是相当及时的。史蒂夫•A•耶蒂夫向我们展示了正是石油市场和全球化的发展相互作用，才极大地促发了跨国恐怖组织近年来的势力扩张和发展。”---史蒂文•W•胡克，肯特州立大学，著有《美国外交政策：世界力量悖论》

About the Author/作者介绍： 耶蒂夫现主要从事当代全球化，国际恐怖组织和中东石油的研究分析。他主要有两点观点：其一，中东石油和国际恐怖主义有着密切联系，充分理解两者关系有助于我们理解当代全球政治。就此，他主要分析研究了美国对海湾地区的政治军事干预，发动的阿富汗战争，支持中东石油国家政权，以及穆斯林世界人们主要观念的改变的影响。其二，中东石油和全球化都助长了国际恐怖主义势力的发展，更重要的是，正是他们的合力作用导致了基地组织今日对我们的恐怖威胁。
耶蒂夫在创作本书过程中，获得了石油输出国家组织，国际教育协会和华盛顿外交及军事圈的帮助。
耶蒂夫，美国欧道明大学政治科学教授，作家，曾在《洛杉矶时报》，《今日美国》等上发表了《约翰•霍普金斯和格林伍德》等论文。

Yetiv now analyzes the contemporary links among globalization, transnational terrorism, and Middle East oil. He makes two fundamental arguments: first, that Middle East oil and transnational terrorism are linked, and that the combined effects of those connections are critical to a full understanding of modern global politics. Among the elements he examines are U.S. political and military involvements in the Gulf, the wars in Afghanistan, the financing of nonstate groups by Middle East regimes, and the changes in public opinion throughout the Muslim world. His second argument is that Middle East oil and globalization have each facilitated transnational terrorism individually, but more important, they have combined to add significantly to the actual and perceived threats of Al-Qaeda-style terrorism.
Yetiv built this complex story with the help of substantial interview work at OPEC, the IEA, and in Washington diplomatic and military circles.
Yetiv is University Professor of Political Science at Old Dominion University. He is the author of books from Johns Hopkins and Greenwood, and essays published in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, and International Herald Tribune.

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