Gas flares over the Orashi River, Nigeria. (Image courtesy of E. Sandercock.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Flynt Leverett
Paul Staniland
MIT Course Number
17.906 / 17.951
As Taught In
Spring 2007
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course focuses on strategic and political implications of ongoing trends in global energy markets, particularly markets for crude oil and natural gas. The course examines the world's major oil and natural gas producing regions: the Middle East, the Caspian Region, Russia, Venezuela, and the North Sea. Producer-consumer relationships are considered for China, India, Japan, and the United States. United States foreign policy implications, especially with respect to China, are discussed.