Threats to U.S. Energy Security: The Challenge of Arab Oil

Publication Date: August 1979

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): James A. Phillips

Research Area: Energy

Keywords: Energy and environment

Type: Report

Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze various threats to U.S. energy security both in terms of their past use and future usability. Since the most ominous threat to U . S . energy security is posed in connection with the Arab-Israeli conflict, this paper will focus on the Arab oil weapon, although the energy security implications of the Iranian revolution will also be assessed.