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Giuliano Garavini teaches International History at Roma Tre University in Rome. His main research interests include European integration, decolonization, and global struggles over natural resources. He has taught classes at various universities and institutions, including the Graduate Institute in Geneva, the European University Institute in Florence, and NYU Abu Dhabi. He has published on the interconnection between European integration and decolonization (After Empires, 2012), and on the global history of petroleum and of energy, in particular on the origins and significance of the 1973 'oil shock' (Oil Shock: The 1973 Crisis and its Economic Legacy, 2016) and on the 'counter-shock' in 1986 (Counter-Shock: The Oil Counter-Revolution of the 1980s, 2018).
"Offers a refreshing account of an organization that has managed to adapt to radically. * Edoardo Campanella, Project Syndacate * Based on extensive multilingual research, including sources that were previously inaccessible to historians, this book is the best history of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) yet published. * Victor McFarland, Environmental History * A well-needed and important contribution to the growing body of literature on the history of oil and energy that aims to transcend the confines of an American and European perspective * Rüdiger Graf, ARO * It is rare to see a book on oil history that takes on the challenge of developing a truly global analysis while at the same time going into local depth when it comes to the oil histories of individual countries * Per Högselius, The Journal of European Economic History * Garavini suggests that OPEC can still play a valuable example for other raw materials producers even in a post-hydrocarbon age and that it can play a valuable role in the fight against climate change by serving as a carbon tax ""collector"" and preventing any price collapses * Anand Tropani, The Middle East Journal * The sweeping analysis merits extended citation because it exemplifies the breakneck pace, learned insight, and wide range that will make After Empires a touchstone in the histories of decolonization and globalization. * Christopher R.W. Dietrich, H-Diplo * After Empires: European Integration, Decolonization and the Challenge from the Global South (1957 - 1986) is a thoroughly researched, lucidly written and highly original argument about the complex links between decolonization, post World War II debates about development, and the ideas about the process of European integration. * Mary Nolan, Journal of European Integration History * The book has the merit of analyzing the influence of different actors: individuals, social movements and political parties. It will be a fundamental historical framework for all of those who are interested in the external policies of the European Community (EU). * Véronique Dimier, Revue Française de Science Politique *"
