Praise for seizing power the grab for global oil wealth in seizing power robert slater takes a whole new slant on the oil issue offering for the first time an analysis of how the ongoing oil crisis could trigger increased turbulence even violence between the new breed of petroaggressors he explains in clear language with lots of powerful anecdotes how a wide range of second tier countries in africa and asia are suddenly competing for and acquiring vast oil wealth and power . In seizing power the grab for global oil wealth bestselling author robert slater profiles petroaggressors like russias putin venezuelas chavez and iranos ahmadinejad describes how oil rich outlaw nations are using a valuable natural resource as a weapon in global politics warns that as oil dwindles these outlaw nations may turn upon one another in the fight for what oil is left . Seizing power the grab for global oil wealth seizing power the grab for global oil wealth by robert slater in seizing power robert slater takes a whole new slant on the oil issue offering for the first time an analysis of how the ongoing oil crisis could trigger increased turbulence even violence between the new breed of petroaggressors. Since the 1973 1974 arab oil embargo oil rich outlaw nations have become petroaggessors and used a valuable natural resource as a weapon in global politics seizing power takes a look at putin chavez ahmadinejad and other key players whose hunger for power and money has framed some stark choices