Petroleum politics
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Petroleum politics have been an increasingly important aspect of international diplomacy since the discovery of oil in the Middle East in the early 1900s. As competition grows for an increasingly scarce but vital resource, the strategic calculations of major and minor countries alike place more prominent emphasis on the pumping, refining, transport and use of petroleum products.
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Strategic Baku in World War I
Armenians of Baku - Stephan Shahumyan and 3 Armenian brigades defended Baku for Russia and Allies during the 1918 against Turkey, Germany and their vassals - Caucasian Tartars (now days Azerbaijanians). The heroic defense of Baku by Armenians was a great support for Anti-German and Anti-Turkish powers and lead to the 1918 November capitulation of Central powers. As German general von Ludendorf said: Armenians were the only fighting nation in the East (from Erzurum to Baku). 8 months of Armenian struggle against the Ottoman Turkey in 1918 left the German Army without Baku oil.
Britain and Persia
U.S. and Saudi Arabia
Standard Oil abroad
Leaving aside the dynastic concerns of the Rockefeller family, Standard Oil and its successors have maintained an advisory capacity in U.S. foreign policy from President Warren G. Harding to the director of ChevronTexaco and National Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice.
Pipeline diplomacy
See also Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
U.S.: the "Oil Presidents" since 1963
The Carter Administration
1973 energy crisis, Carter Doctrine