in regard to the oil and iran discussion at p3k there is maybe one fact to add: already in the 70s the oil tie between europe/japan to iran was much stronger than to the us.

aaron marcus and friends did this analysis back in the 70s at the east-west center honolulu; as a reaction to the energy crisis back in 1973. they went through a lot of data to find a way to illustrate interdependences in a short and quick way to help bureaucrats to understand by seeing ...