Political science is largely energy blind, though political economy has a more complicated relationship to energy; political economy was energy aware in the 1970s but lost that awareness in the late 1980s or 1990s at the same time Western politicians lost awareness of energy's importance.
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Helen ThompsonEvidence Quote
“Political science is energy blind, largely. Political economy has a more complicated relationship to this. I think it lost the awareness at the same time in a way in which the politicians in western countries lost their awareness, the late eighties or sometime in the nineties.”
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Helen Thompson: "The Complex History of Energy and Geopolitics" | The Great Simplification #98— Nate HagensCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:08:12 PM
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