The Politics of Oil
Sandy Tolan
Journalist
September 21, 2003 - 7:00pm
Gloucester City Hall
How does oil influence American policy from Latin America to the Middle East? This talk is an on-the-ground look at the impact of oil development on other societies and an examination of how the drive to control the global petroleum trade lies behind many policy decisions and projections of U.S. power.
Sandy Tolan is an award-winning NPR journalist and former Gloucester resident who teaches The Politics of Petroleum at the University of California at Berkeley. His three-part series on oil politics in South America aired on NPR in July.