John Ghazvinian

John Ghazvinian

John Ghazvinian (1974 in Iran) is an American journalist and historian known for his writing on African oil politics. He is the author of "" (Harcourt, 2007), an expose of the petroleum industry in Africa. Ghazvinian is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.

"Untapped" has received widespread praise, particularly among progressives. Andrew Leonard at salon.com wrote of the book that it "should be must reading for anyone who still believes that unregulated markets are the best way to cure all the ills of the poor nations of the world." [Leonard, Andrew. The real heart of darkness. May 5, 2007. Salon.com] "The Boston Globe" called "Untapped" a "riveting account and superb analysis of what African oil means to a fuel-hungry world and to the African nations involved." [ Muldow, Anna. A fierce new thirst for African's treasure. "The Boston Globe". May 6, 2007] "The New York Times" called the book "perceptive" and said that it "drills home the point...that a thoughtful strategy to lift the neglected bottom billion must compete against the global oil giants going about their business." [Kotkin, Stephen. In Africa, One Step Foward and Two Back. The New York Times. July 8, 2007.]

Ghazvinian also writes for The Nation, Newsweek, GQ and The Virginia Quarterly Review.

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