걸프지역의 석유자원 지배권 중심의 국제경쟁에 대한 분석

Abstract

The world economy is experiencing an unprecedented increase in demands for energy, due to sustained economic growth, especially for a commodity, oil. Another important fact about oil is that it is not replaceable in the foreseeable future. The very survival of the industrialized and the developing world heavily depend on oil resources which are not very evenly distributed both in amount available and their durability. All regions of the world apart the Gulf is witnessing their prospects of future discovering dimming at the same speed. In a decade or just a little over that period of time is the period that oil analysts vision only the Gulf as the region to have ample resources for export. Gulf region is also the only area in the world that further discovering of oil is real compare to other parts of the world. The paper argues a increasing oil money brought on by rising energy prices has encouraged Gulf States to challenge the policies of each hegemonic countries and given them more leverage with world heavy consumers that rely on oil imports. In a way Gulf countries is cultivating China and Russia as consumer of its oil to hedge against further deterioration with US relations. This paper deals with close connection of international relation that would act as a barrier against peaceful environment in the Gulf, in the situation of its escalating energy needs after 2000. Under the sharp increment in the worlds consumption of petroleum, each hegemonic countries have tried to rise its own economic power make it harder to influence Gulf region.