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The 1973 Oil Embargo Arab Oil Diplomacy, Amal Mustafa Shamma
The 1973 Oil Embargo Arab Oil Diplomacy, Amal Mustafa Shamma
Masters Theses
The Arab oil producing countries, following years of a stalemate in the Arab-Israeli dispute,- decided to put their oil resource in the service of the Arab cause using it as an instrument of pressure against the West. Their objective was to induce a change in the Western world Middle East policy and to work toward achieving a lasting and peaceful solution for the Arab-Israeli problem.
The purpose of this thesis is to show that the application of Arab oil diplomacy has been effective into producing a more even handed policy in the area, and into breaking the deadlock in the …