Movement toward sharply lower oil prices should be a prominent component of any strategy directed at disabling many of the world’s most disruptive threats: Iran’s nuclear development, ISIS, Hamas attacks on Israel, and Russia’s threat to Ukraine.

Source: www.rand.org

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"Movement toward sharply lower oil prices should be a prominent component of any strategy directed toward disabling many of the world’s most disruptive threats—“disabling” would ensue because the prevailing high prices are direct or indirect enablers of the threats. However, the strategy doesn’t apply to all threats: Serious security threats in the East China Sea and the South China Sea are unlikely to be affected by lower oil prices. While lower oil prices are no panacea in the security realm, it’s worth noting that they will have beneficial side-effects in other realms: boosting economic growth by lowering production costs and stimulating investment and consumer spending."

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