280
US light oil, 204
US LNG exports, 249
American opposition, 159
bargainable energy source, 158
EU and Russian, 158
European markets, 157
goals, 157
pipelines, 157, 158
shale gas production, 158
shale gas revolution, 157
Southern Corridor, 157
US maximum pressure campaign,
205, 207
US multinational oil companies, 162
US National Intelligence Council (NIC), 176
US natural gas, 229
US New Silk Road policy, 242
US’ New Silk Road Initiative, 241, 242
aim, 186
challenges, 187
consumers, 186
countries, 185
diplomacy, 186
geopoliticizes, 187
metaphor, 187
P2People meetings, 187
projects, 186
South Asian region, 187
trade route, 186
US policy, 185
US policymakers, 148, 155
US security, 238
US self-sufficiency, 173
US strategy, 194
US withdraw from JCPOA, 204
V
Venezuela’s oil reserves, 209
W
Waltz, Kenneth, 5, 15
West Texas Intermediate (WTI Crude Oil), 217
Western cultural influence, 141
Western powers, 167
White House policy, 143
Wilsonianizm in Boots, 139
Z
Zero-carbon energy, 220
Index