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...Sonnenfeldt, the balance already has tilted "dangerously against the West." Many Europeans, and many conference participants, remain unconvinced. Said Sonnenfeldt: "This tilt [hi the military balance] does not only concern the defense of Europe but also the defense of common European and American interests in such areas as the Persian Gulf. It is most unfortunate that this discussion gets carried out in terms of superiority and inferiority. It ought to be carried out in terms of whether we have the military capability to do what we have to do in case of need...
Flick adds that other Folk and Myth related projects he is overseeing include the study of wizardry in fantasy literature, of oral tradition in the New Testament, and of the changing image of the Persian epic, Shahnamen...
...been the font of their prosperity for decades, but now the wealthy sheikdoms of the Persian Gulf are almost literally swimming in the gooey, black liquid. Since March, three damaged Iranian wells have been spewing some 7,000 bbl. a day of crude into the waters of the gulf, producing an oil slick that is roughly the size of New Jersey and that may rank as the second largest in history.* Much of the menacing sludge rests just below the surface of the gulf's usually crystalline waters, but it is betrayed by a bluish sheen that...
...that tall bar on the opposite page attests, the biggest oil producer in the world by far is not Saudi Arabia, or even the Persian Gulf nations combined, but the Soviet Union, which is pumping at the rate of 12 million bbl. per day. The U.S.S.R. is at present also the world's largest oil exporter (more than 3 million bbl. per day), and while most of its oil is sold to Eastern Europe and Cuba, more than 1 million bbl. per day go to Western Europe, and that figure is growing...
...problem then remains the same. It is the threat of political upheaval that translates into supply interruption and economic chaos. The current situation in the world oil market, while creating--at least temporarily-substantial spare capacity, also increases the possibility of turmoil in the Persian Gulf region. As the real oil revenues of the OPEC countries continue to plunge with reduced oil production and deteriorating world oil prices, spending will have to be cut back...