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| petrodollar documentary: Documentary Filmmaking in the Middle East and North Africa Viola Shafik, 2022-10-18 A comprehensive, in-depth study of Arab documentary filmmaking by leading experts in the field While many of the Arab documentary films that emerged after the digital turn in the 1990s have been the subject of close scholarly and media attention, far less well studied is the immense wealth of Arab documentaries produced during the celluloid era. These ranged from newsreels to information, propaganda, and educational films, travelogues, as well as more radical, artistic formats, such as direct cinema and film essays. This book sets out to examine the long history of Arab nonfiction filmmaking in the Middle East and North Africa across a range of national trajectories and documentary styles, from the early twentieth century to the present. Bringing together a distinguished group of film scholars, practitioners, and critics, Documentary Filmmaking in the Middle East and North Africa traces the historical development of documentary filmmaking with an eye to the widely varied socio-political, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural contexts in which the films emerged. Thematically, the contributions provide insights into a whole range of relevant issues, both theoretical and historical, such as structural development and state intervention, formats and aesthetics, new media, politics of representation, auteurs, subjectivity, minority filmmaking, ‘Artivism,’ and revolution. Also unearthing previously unrecognized scholarly work in the field, this rich and theoretically informed collection sheds light on a hitherto neglected part of international film history. Contributors: Ali Abudlameer, Hend Alawadhi, Jamal Bahmad, Ahmed Bedjaoui, Dore Bowen, Shohini Chaudhuri, Donatella della Ratta, Yasmin Desouki, Kay Dickinson, Ali Essafi, Nouri Gana, Mohannad Ghawanmeh, Olivier Hadouchi, Ahmad Izzo, Alisa Lebow, Peter Limbrick, Florence Martin, Irit Neidhardt, Stefan Pethke, Mathilde Rouxel, Viviane Saglier, Viola Shafik, Ella Shohat, Mohamad Soueid, Hanan Toukan, Oraib Toukan, Stefanie van der Peer, Nadia Yaqub, Alia Yunis, Hady Zaccak |
| petrodollar documentary: Congressional Record United States. Congress, 1975 |
| petrodollar documentary: The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony David E. Spiro, 1999 This study... makes a significant contribution to the literature of international political economy. The book also is a useful point of departure for further exploration by historians of finance, economics, and business. The data on capital flows alone constitute a valuable resource for all analysts.... The book is closely argued within the author's established methodological framework. It engages the reader in lively argument.? Michael R. Adamson ? Business History Review Between 1973 and 1980, the cost of crude oil rose suddenly and dramatically, precipitating convulsions in international politics. Conventional wisdom holds that international capital markets adjusted automatically and remarkably well: enormous amounts of money flowed into oil-rich states, and efficient markets then placed that new money in cash-poor Third World economies. David Spiro has followed the money trail, and the story he tells contradicts the accepted beliefs. Most of the sudden flush of new oil wealth didn't go to poor oil-importing countries around the globe. Instead, the United States made a deal with Saudi Arabia to sell it U.S. securities in secret, a deal resulting in a substantial portion of Saudi assets being held by the U.S. government. With this arrangement, the U.S. government violated its agreements with allies in the developed world. Spiro argues that American policymakers took this action to prop up otherwise intolerable levels of U.S. public debt. In effect, recycled OPEC wealth subsidized the debt-happy policies of the U.S. government as well as the debt-happy consumption of its citizenry. |
| petrodollar documentary: The American House of Saud Steven Emerson, 1985-04-01 An examination of Saudi Arabia and its immense clout in the United States and throughout the Western world thanks to its petrodollars wealth and control of a huge proportion of the world's petroleum. |
| petrodollar documentary: The Colder War Marin Katusa, 2014-10-17 How the massive power shift in Russia threatens the political dominance of the United States There is a new cold war underway, driven by a massive geopolitical power shift to Russia that went almost unnoticed across the globe. In The Colder War: How the Global Energy Trade Slipped from America's Grasp, energy expert Marin Katusa takes a look at the ways the western world is losing control of the energy market, and what can be done about it. Russia is in the midst of a rapid economic and geopolitical renaissance under the rule of Vladimir Putin, a tenacious KGB officer turned modern-day tsar. Understanding his rise to power provides the keys to understanding the shift in the energy trade from Saudi Arabia to Russia. This powerful new position threatens to unravel the political dominance of the United States once and for all. Discover how political coups, hostile takeovers, and assassinations have brought Russia to the center of the world's energy market Follow Putin's rise to power and how it has led to an upsetting of the global balance of trade Learn how Russia toppled a generation of robber barons and positioned itself as the most powerful force in the energy market Study Putin's long-range plans and their potential impact on the United States and the U.S. dollar If Putin's plans are successful, not only will Russia be able to starve other countries of power, but the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) will replace the G7 in wealth and clout. The Colder War takes a hard look at what is to come in a new global energy market that is certain to cause unprecedented impact on the U.S. dollar and the American way of life. |
| petrodollar documentary: TV Guide , 1984 |
| petrodollar documentary: A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 2 Hamid Naficy, 2011-09-16 Social history of Iranian cinema that explores cinema's role in creating national identity and contextualizes Iranian cinema within an international arena. |
| petrodollar documentary: Progress Since 9/11 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 2003 |
| petrodollar documentary: Improving Financial Oversight United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 2004 |
| petrodollar documentary: Oil Money David M. Wight, 2021-07-15 In Oil Money, David M. Wight offers a new framework for understanding the course of Middle East–US relations during the 1970s and 1980s: the transformation of the US global empire by Middle East petrodollars. During these two decades, American, Arab, and Iranian elites reconstituted the primary role of the Middle East within the global system of US power from a supplier of cheap crude oil to a source of abundant petrodollars, the revenues earned from the export of oil. In the 1970s, the United States and allied monarchies, including the House of Pahlavi in Iran and the House of Saud in Saudi Arabia, utilized petrodollars to undertake myriad joint initiatives for mutual economic and geopolitical benefit. These petrodollar projects were often unprecedented in scope and included multibillion-dollar development projects, arms sales, purchases of US Treasury securities, and funds for the mujahedin in Afghanistan. Although petrodollar ties often augmented the power of the United States and its Middle East allies, Wight argues they also fostered economic disruptions and state-sponsored violence that drove many Americans, Arabs, and Iranians to resist Middle East–US interdependence, most dramatically during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Deftly integrating diplomatic, transnational, economic, and cultural analysis, Wight utilizes extensive declassified records from the Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations, the IMF, the World Bank, Saddam Hussein's regime, and private collections to make plain the political economy of US power. Oil Money is an expansive yet judicious investigation of the wide-ranging and contradictory effects of petrodollars on Middle East–US relations and the geopolitics of globalization. |
| petrodollar documentary: Public Television B. J. Bullert, 1997 Public television's original mandate required it to address issues of controversy and facilitate the inclusion of voices and perspectives from outside the established consensus. Through detailed chronology, the author of this text traces how far this obligation has been met. |
| petrodollar documentary: The Evil Axis of Finance Richard Westra, 2012-02-20 Why, despite the existence of raft of potential international investment outlets, is a major share of global wealth and savings mpelled toward a United States (US) Wall Street centered casino ? Why has an increasingly gapping chasm crystallized between ever bloating global financial activities and the �real” world economy of production and trade? How is it that wealthy governments�injecting trillions of dollars into stumbling financial sectors across the globe is failing to create new decent jobs? The present volume clearly answers these questions and more as it connects the dots linking the 2008 meltdown and over a decade of dress rehearsals for it to a rigged global financial game that cemented US international dominance under conditions where the US simultaneously attained the status of world�s principal debtor economy. It traces out the complicity of Japan in the game beholden as it was to US anti-communist largesse for its meteoric post-war rise. It examines how China, the former communist Cold War nemesis, paradoxically became the next major underwriter of US debt and exporter of global deflation as is sets low wage rates for the world. The present volume clearly answers these questions and more as it connects the dots linking the 2008 meltdown and over a decade of dress rehearsals for it to a rigged global financial game that cemented US international dominance under conditions where the US simultaneously attained the status of world�s principal debtor economy. It traces out the complicity of Japan in the game beholden as it was to US anti-communist largesse for its meteoric post-war rise. It examines how China, the former communist Cold War nemesis, paradoxically became the next major underwriter of US debt and exporter of global deflation as is sets low wage rates for the world. |
| petrodollar documentary: The Fernando Coronil Reader Fernando Coronil, 2019-04-15 In The Fernando Coronil Reader Venezuelan anthropologist Fernando Coronil challenges us to rethink our approaches to key contemporary epistemological, political, and ethical questions. Consisting of work written between 1991 and 2011, this posthumously published collection includes Coronil's landmark essays “Beyond Occidentalism” and “The Future in Question” as well as two chapters from his unfinished book manuscript, Crude Matters. Taken together, the essays highlight his deep concern with the Global South, Latin American state formation, theories of nature, empire, and postcolonialism, and anthrohistory as an intellectual and ethical approach. Presenting a cross section of Coronil's oeuvre, this volume cements his legacy as one of the most innovative critical social thinkers of his generation. |
| petrodollar documentary: Currency Wars James Rickards, 2011-11-10 Dive into the gripping world of international ecocomics through American lawyer, investment banker, media commentator, and author, James G. Rickards's expertise and thought-provoking insights. From collapsed paper currencies and hidden agendas of soveriegn wealth funds to the very real threats of national security, James G. Rickards scrutinizes the history and disastrous outcomes of currency wars, shedding light on the potential crisis that looms over the United States and the world. Rickards dissects failed paradigms and conventional theories while offering a course of action to steer away from impending disaster. |
| petrodollar documentary: Trump and the Resurrection of America John Michael Chambers, 2019-07-10 In Trump and the Resurrection of America, author John Michael Chambers presents a passionate examination of Donald Trump's presidency as a pivotal moment in American history. Drawing on his extensive background in finance and political activism, Chambers argues that Trump's rise to power represents America's last stand against global governance and deep state control. This thought-provoking book unveils what Chambers describes as the hidden forces threatening American sovereignty—from the Federal Reserve's influence on the economy to the mainstream media's role in shaping public opinion. With unflinching conviction, Chambers explores controversial topics like election integrity, the shadow government, and the geopolitical challenges facing the nation. Trump and the Resurrection of America isn't merely political commentary; it's a call to action for patriots concerned about America's future. Chambers provides practical insights for navigating economic uncertainty, including detailed guidance on precious metals investments as a hedge against potential financial turbulence. Whether you view Trump as America's savior or are simply seeking to understand the passionate support he commands, this book offers a window into the worldview of the movement that propelled him to the presidency. Chambers outlines what he sees as the path to national resurrection through a second American revolution led by Trump and supported by awakened citizens. If you enjoyed The Killing of Uncle Sam by Rodney Howard-Browne, Liars, Leakers, and Liberals by Jeanine Pirro, or America: Imagine a World without Her by Dinesh D'Souza, you'll love Trump and the Resurrection of America. |
| petrodollar documentary: A Superpower Transformed Daniel J. Sargent, 2015 Geopolitics and globalization collided in the 1970s, and their collision produced difficult challenges for the makers of American foreign policy. A Superpower Transformed explains how policymakers across three administrations worked to manage complex international changes in a tumultuous era, and it explores the legacies of their efforts to accommodate American power to new forces stirring in world affairs. |
| petrodollar documentary: The 9/11 Commission James R. Holbein, 2005 The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States met over the course of nineteen days from March 2003 to June 2004, with twelve hearings covering topics from intelligence gathering, to emergency response procedures, to personal experiences of the 9/11 attack. Over 160 individuals, from the highest officials to scholars and victims' families, testified for the public record. It was one of the most thorough and open examinations of a national disaster in recent history. Here, in four volumes, is the complete, unabridged testimony of these hearings. Each hearing is summarized, as is each person's testimony, making it easy to find relevant passages. Key topics are cross-referenced throughout the set, and useful biographical information on each of the speakers is included to aid understanding of the viewpoint and credentials of those offering testimony.--Amazon.com viewed Dec. 1, 2020. |
| petrodollar documentary: Utopia and Reality Simon Spiegel, Andrea Reiter, Marcy Goldberg, 2020-02-15 Scholarship on utopias in film has so far focused exclusively on dystopias – but utopias are about criticizing the present rather than telling a gripping story Utopia and Reality looks into propaganda and documentary films for depictions of better worlds. This volume brings together researchers from two fields that have so far seen little exchange – documentary studies and utopian scholarship Covers a wide range of films from Soviet avant-garde to propaganda videos for the terror organisation ISIS, and from political-activist to ecofeminist and interactive documentaries. |
| petrodollar documentary: Film Review , 1991 |
| petrodollar documentary: Hate Crimes Donald Altschiller, 2015-09-15 Hate crime is a disturbing phenomenon that is the subject of constant debate, discussion, and legislation. This book helps readers understand the complex issue and see how the government and activists are proactively combating hate crime. With the first two editions widely praised by reviewers, Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook, Third Edition remains the most comprehensive reference source on bias-motivated violence committed in the United States. The book contains vital history on hate crime legislation, provides a detailed chronology of recent events, and offers the most up-to-date information on its prevalence and the affected religious, racial, and other targeted communities, such as Jewish Americans and Sikh Americans. Dozens of expert contributors—such as Kenneth L. Marcus, president and general counsel of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law—present a balanced range of perspectives on the growing phenomenon, enabling readers to fully comprehend the widespread problem and develop their own informed opinion. Written in an accessible style suited to high school and undergraduate-level students as well as general readers, this book provides an essential, current, and easy-to-read ready reference on the timely and evolving issue of hate crime in the United States. The material provides an introductory overview of the topic of hate crime as well as insightful discussion of specific subjects, such as U.S. Supreme Court decisions and federal and state legislation regarding hate crimes, the incidence of hate crimes committed on America's college campuses, and governmental and citizen efforts to combat this disturbing phenomenon. |
| petrodollar documentary: Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, 1986 |
| petrodollar documentary: Secrets of the Kingdom Gerald L. Posner, 2005 Explores the secret alliance between the United States and the ruling family of Saudi Arabia, revealing details of the impact of the Saudis on American businesses and politics, including big oil interests and covert military plans. |
| petrodollar documentary: A comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary Alan M. Stevens, 2004 |
| petrodollar documentary: Educational Film/video Locator of the Consortium of University Film Centers and R.R. Bowker Consortium of University Film Centers, 1986 |
| petrodollar documentary: Educational Film & Video Locator of the Consortium of College and University Media Centers and R.R. Bowker Consortium of College and University Media Centers, 1990 |
| petrodollar documentary: Television Drama Series Programming Larry James Gianakos, 1987 For more than a decade, Gianakos' comprehensive chronicles of American television dramatic programming have been considered classic references. Following a descriptive and critical review for each period, an exhaustive Days and Times section includes detailed listings for all dramatic specials. Program sections for all seasons provide writer and director credits. This is the fifth volume in the 6-volume series. |
| petrodollar documentary: Generation Mensch, Band I Christian Stolle, 2019-05-01 Jenseits von oberfächlichen Unterschieden bei Herkunft, Geschlecht, Hautfarbe, Religion, Beruf und der politischen Überzeugung gibt es etwas, das uns alle vereint: das Menschsein. Generation Mensch ist eine Geschichte von der Suche nach dem wahren Wesen des Menschseins, die Christian Stolle als Teenager nach der Jahrtausendwende begann und die ihn in die einsamen Weiten der Äußeren Mongolei, zu einer internationalen Gemeinschaft in den ecuadorianischen Anden, in das Haus einer zutiefst regierungskritischen Militärfamilie in Washington, in das spektakuläre Nachtleben von Berlin und an viele weitere abwechslungsreiche Orte führte. Dies ist der wahre Bericht von der Freiheit, die er gefunden hat, von den Wundern, die er erleben durfte, von der Wahrheit so wie er sie erkannt hat, und von der Liebe, die ihn bis heute antreibt. Fundiert und mit reichhaltigem Quellenverzeichnis wirft der erste Band der Trilogie einen kritischen Blick auf die grundlegenden Strukturen unserer globalen Kultur, die alle Menschen betreffen und miteinander verbinden, in einer Achterbahnfahrt durch die größten Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Es geht um Geld, Macht, Korruption, Krieg, Terror, Flucht, Propaganda, Extremismus, soziale Gerechtigkeit, Demokratie, das Klima, die Umwelt, Nachhaltigkeit, Hoffnung, die digitale Revolution, Transhumanismus, künstliche Intelligenz, die Wunder der Wissenschaft, den uralten Traum von der Freiheit und die ewige Frage nach dem Sinn unseres Daseins. |
| petrodollar documentary: Bulletin Crédit suisse, 1981 |
| petrodollar documentary: Is Fanatic Islam A Global Threat? Faith Printing Company, 2002-11 |
| petrodollar documentary: International Currency Review , 1982 |
| petrodollar documentary: Globalization and Human Rights in the Developing World Derrick M. Nault, Shawn L. England, 2011-07-12 Focusing on world regions where human rights abuses are the most serious, extensive and sustained; this book fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of the difficulties and promise of promoting human rights in our global age. |
| petrodollar documentary: Humanities Index , 1976 |
| petrodollar documentary: Forum , 1995 |
| petrodollar documentary: The Foreign Policies Of Arab States Bahgat Korany, Ali El-Din Hillal Dessouki, 2019-07-09 Middle East politics have been proverbial for their changeability. The 1970s ushered in petro-politics, for instance, but OPEC's international status declined markedly in the following decade. Similarly, the Arab world's ostracism of Egypt in the 1970s following its separate peace with Israel was turned around in the 1980s; the late 1980s also brought PLO acceptance of the State of Israel. Interstate relations were not the only arena to experience significant alterations; state-society relations also underwent dramatic changes, such as the acceleration of privatization in erstwhile socialist regimes. Then the 1990s opened with a political earthquake: the Gulf Crisis. The second edition of this highly acclaimed text offers a penetrating analysis of trends in Arab foreign policies since the book was originally published in 1984, including an early analysis of the effects of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent coalition victory over Iraq. In addition, the authors have included new chapters on Jordan—at the heart of the Arab world—and on the Sudan—the region's link to sub-Saharan Africa. Their inclusion allows a fuller understanding of the foreign policies of states that occupy crucial geopolitical positions but wield little tangible power. Moreover, in many of its chapters the book raises the crucial question of how the foreign policies of these countries can cope with the prevalence of political change. |
| petrodollar documentary: Why They Don't Hate Us Mark LeVine, 2013-10-01 Is the Muslim world really a seething mass of anti-Western hatred, or is the true situation more complicated than that? In this important and ambitious new work, Mark Levine presents a vivid and compelling picture of the human face behind the veil of the ‘Axis of Evil’ and sets out an alternative roadmap for better relations between the West and the Muslim world. Going beyond the stereotypes and below the media radar, this book explains why, contrary to the popular perception, ‘they’ don’t hate ‘us’ – or at least, not yet. |
| petrodollar documentary: Congressional Record United States. Congress, 1974 |
| petrodollar documentary: Organiser , 1981-12 |
| petrodollar documentary: American Film , 1981 |
| petrodollar documentary: OPEC Behaviour and World Oil Prices James M. Griffin, David J. Teece, 2016-03-02 This volume, originally published in 1982, brings together economists, political scientists and industry experts to explain OPEC’s past achievements and future (in the early 1980s) prospects. The book opens with a clear, concise amd easy to follow treatment of the economics of exhaustible resources under monopoly and competition, the framework frequently used to examine pricing issues. The role of wealth maximisation, wealth satisficing and political factors as OPEC objectives are discussed and implications for world oil prices assessed. The stability of OPEC and the limitations of its pricing policy are examined and OPEC oil pricing and importers’ policies analysed. |
| petrodollar documentary: Global Financial Deregulation Itzhak Swary, Barry Topf, 1992 Financial institutions in developed countries have undergone a profound structural change in recent years. As a result, banking has become internationalized and competition has intensified within vast and complex markets for a range of financial services. This book reviews these changes. |
Petrodollars: Definition, History, Uses - Investopedia
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Learn about the petrodollar system, its impact on global trade, USD demand, and oil markets. Explore its benefits, risks, and future outlook.
Petrodollars: Definition, History, Uses - Investopedia
Jul 17, 2024 · Petrodollars are U.S. dollars earned from crude oil exports. Read about petrodollar recycling …
Petrocurrency - Wikipedia
Petrocurrency (or petrodollar) is a word used with three distinct meanings, often confused: Dollars paid to oil …
What Is the Petrodollar? - The Balance
Jun 4, 2022 · A petrodollar is a U.S. dollar paid to an oil-exporting country that cannot be spent on imports for …
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Aug 5, 2024 · The politicization of dollarization—the American use of the powerful dollar to punish so-called …
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