The Politics of Petroleum: Oil Adds Sheen to Kazakh Regime. Ken Silverstein.
by Silverstein, Ken; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 73Environment. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Developing countries -- Economic conditions | Human rights -- Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan -- Industries | Kazakhstan -- Politics and government | Petroleum industry and trade -- Kazakhstan | Petroleum reserves | Public relations and politics | U.S. -- Foreign relations -- KazakhstanDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Some of Washington's top political consultants traveled to this city [Almaty, Kazakhstan] in the summer of 1998 to huddle with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Their daunting mission: Convince the world that his oil-rich, authoritarian regime was actually a budding democracy." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article discusses the "high-powered, high-priced lobbying campaign that seized on America's need for oil to win U.S. support for a government with a penchant for shuttering newspapers and manipulating elections."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Politics of Petroleum: Oil Adds Sheen to Kazakh Regime, May 12, 2004; pp. A1+.
"Some of Washington's top political consultants traveled to this city [Almaty, Kazakhstan] in the summer of 1998 to huddle with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Their daunting mission: Convince the world that his oil-rich, authoritarian regime was actually a budding democracy." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article discusses the "high-powered, high-priced lobbying campaign that seized on America's need for oil to win U.S. support for a government with a penchant for shuttering newspapers and manipulating elections."
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