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Power Problems • October 19, 2021 

# Oil & Great Power Politics 

Access to oil is so vital that powerful countries can take extraordinary measures to protect themselves from ever being vulnerable to oil coercion. Rosemary A. Kelanic, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame University, discusses the recent history of great powers’ quest for oil security and what kind of future military postures the United States and China may take toward the Persian Gulf.

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- [Rosemary A. Kelanic bio](https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/rosemary-a-kelanic/)
- Rosemary A. Kelanic, [*Black Gold and Blackmail: Oil and Great Power Politics*](https://www.amazon.com/Black-Gold-Blackmail-Great-Politics/dp/1501748297), (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020).
- Rosemary A. Kelanic, “[Why Iran’s ‘Oil Weapon’ Isn’t That Scary](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/18/why-irans-oil-weapon-isnt-that-scary/),” *The Washington Post*, June 18, 2019.

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##### Rosemary Kelanic 

Director, Middle East Program, Defense Priorities

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