TomDispatch.
Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have
been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major
wars over oil have been fought every decade or so since World War I,
and smaller engagements have erupted every few years; a flare-up or two
in 2012, then, would be part of the normal scheme of things. Instead,
what we are now seeing is a whole cluster of oil-related clashes
stretching across the globe, involving a dozen or so countries, with
more popping up all the time. Consider these flash-points as signals
that we are entering an era of intensified conflict over energy.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific, Argentina to the Philippines, here
are the six areas of conflict -- all tied to energy supplies -- that
have made news in just the first few months of 2012:
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