Oil addicts : il petrolio nelle relazioni economiche internazionali : una storia senza fine?

Oil addicts. Oil and International Economic Relations. A Never Ending Story?
The article is a critical reappraisal of the book by Pinella Di Gregorio, Oro nero d’oriente. Arabi, petrolio e imperi tra le due guerre mondiali, published in 2006. It addresses some of the most relevant topics connected with the role of oil in the history of twentieth-century international economic relations, and the different interpretation of British and American hegemony in this framework. It also offers some new research perspectives on how industrialized countries were – and are – dealing with the energy issue, and how this is influencing much of their foreign policy.