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Honoring Temario C. Rivera: A Scholar and Advocate for Sustainable Development”

Temario “Temy” C. Rivera was a prominent Filipino educator and political scientist whose work profoundly influenced the understanding of Philippine politics and development. He earned both his Bachelor and Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of the Philippines, followed by a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Fulbright scholar. Rivera authored over fifty publications, including his notable book Landlords and Capitalists: Class, Family and State in Philippine Manufacturing, which provided critical insights into the socio-economic structures of the Philippines.
As a founding member of the Asia Pacific Basin for Energy Strategies, Rivera’s impact extended beyond academia into policy-making, where he advocated for sustainable development strategies. He served as Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of the Philippines Diliman and was Editor-in-Chief of the Collegian and Philippine Political Science Journal, emphasizing his commitment to scholarly discourse. Rivera also taught at the International Christian University in Tokyo for nearly twelve years. His legacy continues to inspire scholars and policymakers dedicated to addressing challenges in the Philippines and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

 

End of OPEC

End of OPEC

Are we seeing the end of OPEC? It has been forty years since the Arab oil embargo took effect in 1973. This point in history triggered a period of change and turmoil.

After the United States provided support to Israel during the Yom Kippur War, a cartel of developing-world countries through the OPEC or Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries banned the sale of their oil to Israel’s allies and thereby set in motion geopolitical circumstances that eventually allowed them to wrest control over global oil production and pricing from the giant international oil companies — ushering in an era of significantly higher oil prices. The event was hailed at the time as the first major victory of “Third World” powers to bring the West to its knees. Designed in part to bring Arab populations their due after decades of colonialism, the embargo opened the floodgates for an unprecedented transfer of wealth out of America and Europe to the Middle East. Overnight, the largest segment of the global economy, the oil market, became politicized as never before in history.

To read the full article by Amy Myers Jaffe and Ed Morse, please visit the Foreign Policy webpage. To view the video of the interview of Shari Spiegel, Financing Development, please click this

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Photo from the Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection, Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library
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