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Osullivan identifies correctly that international relations and energy specialists do not communicate sufficiently or take into account how energy issues impact so significantly the positions that countries and regions follow in the conduct of their global policies

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Also that the us cannot and probably should not be energy independent is convincingly argued

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It is a reminder of the important role that energy plays in shaping geopolitics even when it is not immediately apparent

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It should be a mustread for anyone interested in energy international politics or basically what drives the world

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Meghan is uniquely qualified to provide this understanding given her previous service as deputy national security adviser on iraq and afghanistan and her position as a senior fellow at harvard universitys belfer center for science and international affairs and the council of foreign relations

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Throughout the book she eloquently challenges several preconceived notions about the role unconventional oil and gas sources commonly known as shale oil and gas could play in the future

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She also emphasizes that even were energy independence to be achieved the us would still need to expend tremendous resources to maintain the global flow of energy including in the middle east

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Russian influence on european needs for gas has declined