This is a thought provoking article from Futurist Tsvi Bisk.
By Tsvi Bisk
Oil has become a double edged sword. It can now be wielded against the oil producing states as much as it can be wielded by them. More specifically it can [...]
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Tsvi Bisk
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Oil has become a double edged sword. It can now be wielded against the oil producing states as much as be wielded by them. More specifically the West can use oil to neutralize Iran’s nuclear threat without military action. Accepted wisdom posits that Iran is immune to [...]
This wonderful article by Tsvi Bisk originally appeared in “The Futurist” World Future Society magazine March-April 2009. www.wfs.org/futurist.htm
This is reprinted with permission by Tsvi Bisk. Bisk is contributing editor for strategic thinking.
THE FUTURIST
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This piece by Tsvi Bisk was a letter to the editor at the Jerusalem Post. It was not published because of length but we thought it was worth the airing.
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