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With regards to current realities of global oil market and foreseeable global economy U.S shale oil would and will act as a ceiling versus high oil prices; in this way, U.S as a polar of oil producer would be able to reduce its vulnerabilities in confronting with crises from volatile regions and acting as a new petro-state but the key point is that other pillars of U.S Persian Gulf policies make sense as well. According to the logic of pragmatism of survival-OPEC oil producers must consider both the shadow of U.S shale oil as a Geo-Technical Weapon and renewable energies on their selections when it comes to policy-making. Today, U.S shale oil is the most important OPEC's rival; thus, petro-states of Persian Gulf region in crossing of this great-divide must pragmatically select the best alternative between their own maximizing of interests and regional contestations and rivalries. U.S Shale oil can be applied as a political and Geo-Technical weapon in the game of Iran scapegoating of by triangular of Saudi-Israel- U.S or versus any other rivals such as Russia, China, etc.
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Ali Torabi hat einen MA in Nordamerikastudien an der Universität Teheran. Er ist auch Lehrer an einer High School. Seine Interessensgebiete sind die politische Ökonomie der Energie, die Auswirkungen der erneuerbaren Energien auf das künftige Machtgleichgewicht, Cyber-Terrorismus und die globale politische Ordnung sowie der politische Zerfall der USA und die Zukunft der Macht.
