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lent geography, will see the US remain a global leader for some time. Add to this the
turn around in the country’s energy future and it can clearly be seen that the US is
in a good position (www.foreignaffairs.com 2015).
Pulitzer Prize winner, Daniel Yergin believes that energy interdependence and
developing a scale of energy trade involving collaboration among both energy producers and consumers will assure the security of the entire supply chain (Yergin
2006:78).
Shale Gas Revolution and US Foreign Policy
Energy security is of such vital importance to the world’s major industrialized, and
indeed, industrializing nations that it can be said that the political and economic
strength of these countries depends entirely on continued supply. Thus, it should
come as little surprise that the major policies of these countries, and at the top of
the United States, factor energy security into their calculations. In the domestic
arena, the need for energy independence and a reduction in reliance on imports,
especially in the wake of oil crises in the 1970s, has consistently been seen as an
advancement for various US states and a decisive element in the relationship
between government and Congress. In recent years, US dependence on energy
5 US Energy Diplomacy Under the Obama Administration
lent geography, will see the US remain a global leader for some time. Add to this the
turn around in the country’s energy future and it can clearly be seen that the US is
in a good position (www.foreignaffairs.com 2015).
Pulitzer Prize winner, Daniel Yergin believes that energy interdependence and
developing a scale of energy trade involving collaboration among both energy producers and consumers will assure the security of the entire supply chain (Yergin
2006:78).
Shale Gas Revolution and US Foreign Policy
Energy security is of such vital importance to the world’s major industrialized, and
indeed, industrializing nations that it can be said that the political and economic
strength of these countries depends entirely on continued supply. Thus, it should
come as little surprise that the major policies of these countries, and at the top of
the United States, factor energy security into their calculations. In the domestic
arena, the need for energy independence and a reduction in reliance on imports,
especially in the wake of oil crises in the 1970s, has consistently been seen as an
advancement for various US states and a decisive element in the relationship
between government and Congress. In recent years, US dependence on energy
5 US Energy Diplomacy Under the Obama Administration