From the Paper "The nations of the West have long promoted democracy and democratic reforms throughout the world and have taken considerable pride in the downfall of the Soviet Union and the potential for more democratic regimes in the former Eastern bloc states. Yet, the West has also often been quite willing to ignore the way some regimes have behaved in the past so long as they were not communist, and one example of this realpolitik approach can be seen in the history of Zaire during the regime of Mobutu Seko Sese, about which a reporter for Reuters could write, "The word 'kleptocracy' meaning a bureaucracy in which corruption is endemic was coined with Zaire in mind" ("Mobutu, Textbook Strongman"). The reporter further notes that in spite of human rights abuses and the use of his position to enrich himself at the expense of his people, "Mobutu became the darling..."
Abstract This paper discusses the impact of oil drilling waste on the environment of the Persian Gulf Region. It identifies the areas of petroleum extraction activities. The paper mentions types of ecological damage associated with petroleum extraction. The author considers some approaches to environmental risk management.
