Researching armament - petroleum coalition

Research at the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations is 1. Examining the interaction between the arms imports and oil exports in the Middle East, with particular focus on the sales and profits of the large armament and petroleum corporations, and 2. Assessing the connection between these flows on the one hand, and the eruption of the oil crisis, the regional arms race and the outbreak of "energy conflicts" in the Middle East on the other.

1. Studying energy
2. Studying conflict
3. Researching transnational corporations
4. Researching global security issues
5. Researching
6. Diversifying energy research

1. Managing international conflict
2. Developing codes of conduct for international business

1. Using scarce petroleum resources for military purposes

1. World tension in oil and petroleum crises
2. Undue control of industries and sectors by transnational corporations
3. Political intervention by transnational corporations
4. Non-accountability of transnational enterprises
5. Illegal international arms shipments
6. Government dependence on arms manufacture
7. Excessive control of raw materials markets by transnational corporations
8. Disruption of domestic social policies by transnational corporations
9. Aggressive uses of natural energy resources

1. Energy
2. Conflict
3. Coalition