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Iran, Nigeria, and the Battle for Oil
Iran, Nigeria, and the geopolitical battle for oil: how resource wealth becomes power, pressure, and vulnerability.
This book compares oil politics through Iran and Nigeria, asking how resource wealth can become both an asset and a burden. It is aimed at readers interested in empire, energy, sovereignty, and the politics of extraction.
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