Abstract, conference \"Oil imperialim. Energy and Political Power from a global Perspective\"

This paper analyses the links between oil exploration and exploitation and the development of a new phase of British imperialism in southwest Persia in the early twentieth century. It argues that the d'Arcy and Anglo-Persian oil companies were regarded by the government in London as agents of imperialism, charged with a civilizing and humanitarian imperial mission in the making. Exploring British perceptions of, and plans for, the Bakhtiyari tribe and their lands, this paper proposes that " oil imperialism " constituted the most radical and violent form of British imperialism in this area of Persia, and that the underlying aim was the creation of a productive " oil land " and the transformation of the nomadic Bakhtiyaris into colonial subjects. Benjamin Bengobeyi, University Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne Le Pétrole une arme? L'Irak et la libération de la Nation arabe :l'exemple de la guerre du Kippour La crise pétrolière qui a secoué le monde lors de la guerre du Kippour d'octobre 1973, va bouleverser les données de l'économie internationale. Pour sa part, l'Irak, pays producteur,