Pentagon prepares for century of climate emergencies and oil wars | Middle East Eye
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Parce que « le capitalisme mondial dominé par les #États-Unis doit être protégé », « l’armée américaine se prépare à une nouvelle ère de guerre du #pétrole » selon deux rapports stratégiques parus cette année.
Eastward military expansion
In some areas, declining oil production could reduce US regional engagement:
“Decreasing oil production in Sub-Saharan Africa, coupled with reduced saliency of those same resources in America’s energy import mix, may severely limit US interests in the region while simultaneously increasing the risk of socio-political instability in Africa due to decreasing state revenues.”
More broadly, though, the continued centrality of oil to the global economy will underpin the need for an active US military.