CASUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OIL AND US GOVERNMENT’S MIDDLE EAST POLICY

International oil politics introduces a new dimension in International Relations in which those developing nations that are disadvantaged in international politics exercise control over reserves and production of oil. Countries in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe that are not placed in the First World have the advantage in both reserves and production of oil. To strengthen the advantage that such developing nations have on oil, the consumption rate is minimal thus creating such substantial reserves that could be supplied needy nations. On the other hand however, the developed, technologically advanced, industrialized nations in North America and Western Europe have major and substantial disadvantages that further worsen their situation in oil politics.It can therefore be stated and categorically too, that a sort of dependency for the first time in international relations tilted against developed nations. Interestingly however, oil has continued to be critical to the economy and civilization of developed nations such as the US. It is therefore the criticality of oil, coupled with its deficiency that makes oil producing nations important to the United States. This work is aimed at critically analysing the extent of the US shortage in oil, the criticality of oil to its economy and civilization and by implication, the importance of an oil rich Middle East to a United States