Resource Wars - Paper Outline

Title: Legitimacy of Saudi Oil Control

1. History of the Saudi rise
   1. Nomadic people
   2. Saud conquered and united
   3. Alliance with Wahabi
2. Oil discovery and development
   1. Discovery
   2. Foreign development
   3. Nationalization
3. People of Saudi Arabia
   1. Population growth
   2. Education
   3. Religion
   4. Employment
4. Saudi control of populace
   1. Subsidies
   2. Force
   3. U.S. alliance
5. Factors that could disrupt Saudi control
   1. Rise of militantism
      1. US pullout from Iraq refocuses Arab anger on Saud family
   2. Reduction of subsidies
      1. Natural gas shortage
         1. Water and electricity shortage
         2. Less subsidies/increased price
      2. Oil price drop
         1. Subsidies no longer affordable
         2. Saudi government bankruptcy
   3. Peak oil panic
      1. Arab right to remaining oil
6. Form of Saudi disruption
   1. Oil infrastructure attacks
   2. Saud family overthrow
      1. Continued oil shipments
      2. Curtailed oil
      3. No oil export to western countries
7. Effects on Oil Exports
   1. Iranian example
   2. Infrastructure damage
   3. Lack of expertise

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