VOL. XLII

No 50

13-December-1999

OPEC

Geopolitics Of Energy And Saudi Oil Policy

by Ali Naimi

There follows the text of a presentation by Saudi ArabiasMinister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Mr. Ali Naimi, at the Center forStrategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. on 8 December.

These are times that call for clear vision. What the nextcentury holds in terms of social, political and economic stability will beinfluenced one way or another by energy policies. I would like to offer...