 | Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- Persian Gulf Region; Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Persian Gulf Region; Energy consumption -- Persian Gulf Region; Energy policy -- Persian Gulf Region; Jim Krane takes readers inside the monarchies to consider the conundrum facing the Gulf states. He traces the history of their energy use and policies, looking in particular at how energy subsidies have distorted demand. Krane Jim : Jim Krane is Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. He came to academia after a ten year career as a journalist stationed in Dubai and Iraq; |
