This thesis seeks to analyze the role and importance of establishing control
over the world&rsquo / s oil resources in reproduction of the global hegemonic position of the
US. It is asserted that dominant position of US dollar in global financial system has
an important place in reproduction of US world hegemony and ensuring that oil
transactions are made through US dollar has played an important role in maintaining
the dominant position of dollar. It is also argued that secure access to cheap energy
resources is of utmost importance for advanced industrialized nations of the world in
terms of maintaining their economic growth. In this respect, this thesis portrays US
policies and strategies to take world&rsquo / s energy resources under its control and thereby
maintain the dollar hegemony and making the advanced industrialized nations of
Western Europe and East Asia dependent on US goodwill for secure access to
energy. Being an important actor in global energy market, competition and
cooperation between Russia and US is also taken into consideration. In this thesis, it
is assumed that the US world hegemony is achieved through both cooperation and
competition among advanced industrialized states.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613787/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2011 |
| Creators | Kucuk, Muzaffer |
| Contributors | Turkes, Mustafa |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for METU campus |
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