Oil in the foreign policy of Algeria toward France and the United States from 1962 to 1978 : a historical view

Abstract EN

After having gained her political sovereignty in 1962, Algeria engaged straight away in the battle of restoring her economic sovereignty by putting her hands on her national resources of Oil and Natural Gas in particular.

This fact had made Algerian Hydrocarbons especially Oil and Natural Gas the main axe around which Algerian foreign policy in post- National Independence era rotated.

The study is a rear view on the main historical events and stations that marked Algerian foreign relations with both France and The United States to show the Impact Algerian Oil and Natural Gas had on Algerian foreign policy toward the two countries.