The Impact of the Gulf Crisis on World Oil and Opec
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5881372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Mabro (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 241 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7020 • E-ISSN: 2052-465X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/40202937 |
| OpenAlex | W4253459719 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The Gulf crisis which broke out in August 1 990 with the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq was to a large extent a conflict about oil. The military intervention led by the United States and a group of allies, acting with a United Nations mandate to liberate Kuwait, was also largely motivated by concerns about the possibility of long-term control of oil supplies by an unfriendly and aggressive power Iraq. Equally, the issues which gave Iraq a pretext for its invasion of Kuwait related to the ownership of oil fields and to oil prices and oil revenues, although Iraq did, of course, have broader political and regional objectives. Saddam Hussein wanted to establish himself as leader of the Arab world. He believed that
Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Gulf war · International trade · Intervention (counseling · Mandate · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Pretext · Revenue · Finance · Geology · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Oceanography
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |