North European Oil: Implications for NATO Nations

Abstract

The Middle East crisis of 1973 clearly demonstrated West European vulnerability to Arab use of oil as a political weapon. The oil which has begun to flow from fields in the North Sea and which will before long flow from sources in more northern waters will have far reaching implications for Western Europe and NATO. It is expected to solve many pressing economic problems, particularly for the United Kingdom, and generally bring a level of prosperity to Norway and the United Kingdom which would have been thought impossible a decade ago. By 1985 North European oil can significantly reduce the susceptibility of Western Europe to international blackmail with respect to energy and may thereby alleviate a major problem for US foreign policy. These oil resources have altered the strategic importance of this area of the world and have presented the individual nations and NATO with challenging political and security problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA510065

Entities

People

  • Henrik O. Lunde

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barents Sea
  • Energy Consumption
  • Europe
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Islands
  • Law
  • Middle East
  • Natural Resources
  • North Sea
  • Oceans
  • Security
  • United Kingdom
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Western Europe

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Strategic Security Studies