On Point Interviews Flynt Leverett on Iraq Oil

Communications — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:36:00 -0400

New America in the News:

Iraq has the world's third largest proven reserves of oil, and they're barely tapped. This week, the price of oil reached $82 dollars a barrel -- the highest in history. And Alan Greenspan says in his new memoir that, at least for him, the U.S. invasion of Iraq was "largely about oil." Iraq's ocean of oil is a source of endless speculation, maneuver, sectarian tension, war and conflict -- inside Iraq and out -- over who gets what and how. The oil companies are circling. The world is thirsty...

Flynt Leverett, Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project with the American Strategy Program at New America Foundation, discusses the Iraq oil equation. To listen to the show, please visit the On Point web site.

Daniel Levy On Charges of Middle East 'Proxy War' for On Point Radio

Communications — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:11:00 -0400

New America in the News:

Hezbollah pamphlets have already claimed "divine victory" in the bloody month of fighting. In Israel, a tough accounting has begun. "We did not fail," said Israel's Interior Minister. Hezbollah has taken a pummeling. But it survives. And then there's this: the war beyond this war -- the undeclared "proxy war," strategists say - goes on, between the US and Iran. On Point explores the ceasefire, current prospects, and the proxy war in the Middle East.

To read more, or to listen to an audio file of the radio show, visit On Point's web site.