Political war of oil in middle east a marxist analysis : June 22, 2013 at 2:05am Inmy final paper I would be looking into the political war on oil in the MiddleEast. In my paper I would be using Marxist analysis of political war of oil inMiddle East. Oil is oneof the major resources available to us for making progress and economicdevelopment. Currently approximately 35percent of the world s oil is extractedfrom the countries of Middle East. North America is the � largest consumer of oilregionally followed by Asian countries then Europe and other world regions. Outof all this US is the top notch country that consumes the highest number ofbarrels of crude oil daily 18-19 million barrels a day, and is also the number1 crude oil producer in the world as well. Over time to feel normal the addictdevelops an abnormal psychological dependency on the addictive material andwill go after any means to get that material of drug even if there are anycultural or moral restraints put upon on him. In the case of US oil is the drugmaterial which has led US to engage in bribery and corruption to obtain oil, ithas gone to extreme level in gaining excess to oil from overthrowing of regimesto the exclusion of countries from commerce, it has also led to warassassinations and outright murder of those who stand in its way. In recenttime only few Americans have doubt that the eight year war on Iraq was startedonly to obtain oil. A veteran scholar on the politics of oil Dr, Michael Klaresays in his article the strait of Hormuz will undoubtedly remain the � groundzero of potential global conflict in the months ahead� Therehas been a long debate and discussions carried out that what sort of paradigms weshould use to analyze domestic and international politics. For domestic politics, interest group (orliberal) and, to a lesser extent, Marxist theories have predominated. Ininternational relations a state centric unified actor model has given the basicdirection. As all the groups in the society support the territorial andpolitical integrity therefore each perspective presented should treat state asa unified actor. In Marxist perspective only the economic group is accountedfor, in a liberal one all groups are counted, and then there is a state centricgroup. As economic issues have become more visible the analytic strain hasincreased as well. Capitalism as Marx says presents its self on more than oneoccasion as an immense accumulation of commodities. At this point we must knowwhat Marxism is before going on further in our discussion. Marxism can belooked at as the economic and social system which is based upon political andeconomic theories presented by Karl Marx. Marxism can be summed up in short asthe class struggle which is the central element in the analysis of socialchanges. Marxism is the antithesis of capitalism which can be looked upon asthe economic system based on private ownership for the production means anddistribution of goods. In which there is a free and competitive market withprofit motives. Marx s concept of value and rent are indispensible in the � wakeof understanding the excessive usage of oil and thus contributing too significantlyto oil depletion. This is seen thoroughly in Marx and Fredrick s � criritique ofcapitalism. Those who consider themselves as the political liberals form thebasis of axis of evil. The talks of promoting democracy in Iraq and allegiancewith Saudi Arabia after going through this menace one would forcefully agreewith what BOB Dylan wrote in 1979 All that foreign oil / controlling � American soil / Lookaround you / it s just Bound to make you embarrassed. � � Scholars who are workingon the Middle East have developed a more sophisticated vocabulary to discussthe evil that has grown in the region by putting up the concept of rentier state.What are these rentier states? We should first know this concept. Rentierstates mean a country that receives most of its revenues from the outside worldon regular basis. It is independent from its society, unaccountable to itscitizen and autocratic. For example countries like Iran Gulf States and manyAfrican countries like Nigeria Gabon with abundant resources are called rentierstates. Arentier state and rentier economy contributes to a rentier mentality, whichadversely affects a country s economy and long-term � prospects. Iranianeconomist Hossein Mahdavy introduced this concept of rentier state in 1970 andother notably Giacomo Luciani elaborated and then applied it to the Arabcountries. As long as these states receive sufficient amount of such incomerentier theory says that these states will have little concern overdemocratizing and bringing reform or otherwise evolve. First we can say thatthere is lack of democracy linked to these states due to lack of representationdue to the system of taxation on these countries. State is the