{"product_id":"windfall-how-the-new-energy-abundance-upends-global-politics-and-strengthens-americas-power-9781501107948","title":"Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America's Power","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWindfall\u003c\/i\u003e is the boldest profile of the world's energy resources since Daniel Yergin's \u003ci\u003eThe Quest\u003c\/i\u003e, asserting that the new energy abundance--due to oil and gas resources once deemed too expensive--is transforming the geo-political order and is boosting American power.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Riveting and comprehensive...a smart, deeply researched primer on the subject.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a new administration focuses on driving American energy production, O'Sullivan's \"refreshing and illuminating\" (\u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eWindfall\u003c\/i\u003e describes how new energy realities have profoundly affected the world of international relations and security. New technologies led to oversupplied oil markets and an emerging natural gas glut. This did more than drive down prices--it changed the structure of markets and altered the way many countries wield power and influence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e America's new energy prowess has global implications. It transforms politics in Russia, Europe, China, and the Middle East. O'Sullivan considers the landscape, offering insights and presenting consequences for each region's domestic stability as energy abundance upends traditional partnerships, creating opportunities for cooperation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The advantages of this new abundance are greater than its downside for the US: it strengthens American hard and soft power. This is \"a powerful argument for how America should capitalise on the 'New Energy Abundance'\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and an explanation of how new energy realities create a strategic environment to America's advantage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO'Sullivan, Meghan L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Meghan L. O'Sullivan is the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. She is also the Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project, which explores the complex interaction between energy markets and international politics. Between 2004 and 2007, she was special assistant to President George W. Bush and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan for the last two years of her tenure. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. \u003ci\u003eWindfall: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics\u003c\/i\u003e is her third book.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504793194770,"sku":"9781501107948","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f184ea76-1c30-4c69-b0b2-9f45bc4e7e52.jpg?v=1730827267","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/windfall-how-the-new-energy-abundance-upends-global-politics-and-strengthens-americas-power-9781501107948","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}