简介:TheUnitedStatesisthemostdevelopedcountryintheworldandthenumberoneenergy-importingcountry.Chinaisthelargestdevelopingcountryandthenumbertwoenergy-importingcountry.TheenergyissueisthusakeyissueinSino-USRelations.TheUnitedStateshasbeenonbadtermswithsomeenergy-rich'problemcountries',whiletheenergycooperationbetweenChinaandthesecountriesisstartingtogowell.Sino-USrelationsnowaffectthewholeworld,andChina'sandtheUnitedStates'relationswiththesekeyenergyproducers—the'thirdpartyfactor'maybecomeamajorsourceofcompetitionandconflictbetweenthetwopowers.
简介:RodrigoRatosays“SotheAmericaneconomyneedstheworld,andtheworldneedstheAmericaneconomy”?.Forthat,itispossibletonotethattheshorthistoryofUSpolicyintheMiddleEast,includingthesuccessionofpresidential“doctrines”,fromTrumanthroughtoBushII,confirmedWashington’sappreciationofthestrategicroleoftheEasternMediterraneanandtheoilrichstatesoftheMiddleEastinthebroadercontextofUSpolicygoals.Thisinterestisduetothefactthatthisregion(MiddleEast)hasalargeofoilreservesandhugeeconomicrecourses.Thisregionholdsabout66%oftheworldoilreserves,andthisoilreservewillmaketheregiondominateforalongertimeontheglobaloilmarketandinternationaloil-producingorganizations,suchasOPEC,socontrolonthisregionhasbecomeafocusofattentiontodecision-makersintheworld,andthereisnodoubtthattheUnitedStateswasthemostprominentwhotriedtocontroltheregion.ThepurposeofthecurrentresearchistoshedlightontheUnitedStates’economicpresenceintheMiddleEastregiontounderstandhowUnitedStates’presencehasdevelopedintheregionandwhatmotiveswerebehinditspresence.