RT Book
T1 Monsters to destroy: understanding the war on terror
T2 Oxford scholarship online Political Science
A1 Bapat, Navin A.
LA English
PP New York
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1696981344
AB This study argues that the war on terror can be explained as an effort to cement the U.S. dollar as the world's foremost reserve currency by expanding American control over the global energy markets. Since the 1970s, the states of OPEC agreed to denominate their oil sales in U.S. dollars in exchange for American military protection. The 9/11 attacks gave the U.S. cover to eliminate current challengers to this system while simultaneously striking new security agreements with host states throughout the Middle East, Africa, and central Asia that are critical to the extraction, sale, and transportation of energy to global markets. However, the U.S. security guarantee soon created a moral hazard problem. Since the host states had American protection, they were free to engage in corrupt behaviours - while labeling their political opponents as terrorists.
CN 363.3250973
SN 9780190061494
K1 Terrorism : Economic aspects : United States
K1 Terrorism : Political aspects : United States
K1 War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 : Economic aspects
K1 Terrorism ; Economic aspects ; United States
K1 Terrorism ; Political aspects ; United States
K1 War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 ; Economic aspects
K1 United States ; Foreign relations ; 21st century
K1 United States : Foreign relations : 21st century
K1 USA : Internationaler Terrorismus : Bekämpfung : Wirtschaftskrieg : Geopolitik : Geschichte
DO 10.1093/oso/9780190061456.001.0001