The US war on the Taliban is founded on something deeper, but actually more obvious, than waging a war against militant insurgency and/or ideology. ‘The short answer is that today, as has been the case since 1979, neither a specific ‘militant’ nor ‘ideology’ is ‘being fought.’ Rather, the target of operations, for which more troops [...]

The sorry state of its facilities, a decade of international embargo, successive wars, and the alarming state of its finances today forced Iraq to reopen its oil deposits to foreign capital and expertise.
The decision of the government of Nouri al-Maliki to auction ‘service contracts’ for the operation of Iraq’s six largest oil fields and two [...]

Contrary to popular thought, biofuels are not new scientific and technological innovations. They were around since the discovery of the automobile. Henry Ford’s Model Ts were planned to run on ethanol. This was as early as the beginning of the 20th century. The first diesel engines were said to be fueled on peanut oil.
Gasoline and [...]

Oil can bring out the best and worst in man. In Nigeria, it also alters human values. The Niger Delta where the biggest oil and gas industry in Africa is found is a hotbed of criminality, especially destruction of oil facilities and kidnap for ransom. Nigerian oil has made some people extremely wealthy, and more [...]