Geopolitics
The Rise and Constrained Ascent of OPEC: A Geopolitical Struggle for Resource Sovereignty
OPEC was formed to challenge Western oil dominance and assert producer sovereignty, but its power has been systematically eroded by Western strategies to diversify supply and undermine its cohesion. This is a classic story of the Global South's hard-won agency being relentlessly countered by imperialist market engineering, a struggle for economic dignity that continues today.
