Ramin Nassehi reviews The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations by Michael L. Ross. Brad Plumer on how oil travels around the world, in one map. To drill or not to drill: The coming American oil boom is bad news for Saudi Arabia — how the kingdom responds could very well determine if it survives. American energy independence: It’s coming soon — and geopolitically, it might be more complicated than we thought. Why is the U.S. so insecure about its energy security? Measures of energy independence show it is increasing, not decreasing. Energy independence and other myths: Bryan Walsh interviews Michael Levi, author of The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity and the Battle for America’s Future. Peak oil isn’t dead: An interview with Chris Nelder. There Will Be Oil: Suddenly, the United States is energy rich — the problem is that we’re still guided by policies that assume the opposite.
