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Access to oil and natural gas, and their prices, are hugely important axes of geo-political strategy and global economic prospects and have been for a century. This book, written by a Financial Times journalist who has long covered the energy sector, provides readers with the essential information they need for understanding the shifting structure of the global oil and gas economy: where the reserves lie, who produces what, trade patterns, consumption trends, prices. The book highlights political and social issues in the global energy sector -- the domestic inequality, civil conflict and...

Why does this remote swathe of Sahara along the Atlantic seaboard concern the US and Europe?
Why does Morocco maintain its occupation?
Why has the UN Security Council prevaricated for three decades while the Sahrawis live under Moroccan rule or as refugees?
In this revealing book, Financial Times journalist Toby Shelley examines the geopolitics involved. He brings out:
The little-known struggle of Sahrawis living under Moroccan rule to defend their identity.
US/European competition for influence in the Maghreb.
The natural resources at stake -- rich fishing...

Buckyballs. Quantum dots. Golden triangles. Organic light-emitting diodes. Welcome to the world of nanotechnology - the engineering of new materials and new products, the use of new manufacturing techniques, all exploiting properties possessed at the infinitesimally small, or nano, scale. Virtually every large corporation now has a nanotechnology R & D operation. The US government is putting in serious investment. Huge promises are held out in the fields of medicine, energy, computing. And, more ominously, the Pentagon is exploring nano applications in a new generation of hi-tech weaponry....