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Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Origins And Evolution, Bert Chapman Dec 2022

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Origins And Evolution, Bert Chapman

FORCES Initiative: Strategy, Security, and Social Systems

The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is located on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coasts and has served as a national emergency petroleum supply resource since 1975. Contents of this report include:

  • Information on the historical origins of U.S. national petroleum reserves dating back to 1910.
  • The U.S.’ increasing growth as a petroleum consumer and its energy policy interactions with other countries.
  • How the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo forced drastic changes in U.S. energy policy leading to the SPR’s establishment.
  • The SPR’s legal purpose being creating and maintaining a strategic oil reserve to mitigate against future oil import interruptions or …


Efficacy Of The European Union And The United States' Sanctioning Of Russia In Response To Breaches Of Ukrainian Sovereignty, Alexej W. Latimer Oct 2022

Efficacy Of The European Union And The United States' Sanctioning Of Russia In Response To Breaches Of Ukrainian Sovereignty, Alexej W. Latimer

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

This research inquiry breaks down some of the intricacies of US and EU sanctions imposed on Russia following the breaches of Ukrainian sovereignty by the Kremlin in 2014. These sanctions are examined for their direct fiscal impacts and implicit efficacies as the result of specific policies. This paper seeks to identify nuanced characteristics of various sanctions and determine how sanction efficacy is tied to the classification under which the controlled product/good category is considred. This is just an initial record of observed patterns in sanctioning within a specific geopolitical realm. The paper was written in December 2021, and therefore prior …


A Case Study: Socialism In Venezuela, Victoria Matlock Apr 2022

A Case Study: Socialism In Venezuela, Victoria Matlock

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

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