W.W. Cooper is the Foster Parker Professor of Finance and Management in the Red McCombs School of Business and the Nadya Kozmetsky Scott Fellow of the IC2 Institute of the University of Texas at Austin. Author or coauthor of more than 500 scientific-professional articles and 27 books or monographs, he holds honorary D.Sc. degrees from Ohio State and Carnegie Mellon Universities in the U.S. and the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Alicante in Spain. A fellow of the Econometric and other societies, he is in the Accounting Hall of Fame and the International Operational Research Hall of Fame maintained by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies. Piyu Yue is a Principal Investigator in the IC2 Institute of the University of Texas at Austin. A Ph.D. in Economics she was formerly a member of the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and is the author of several books.

• World Demand for Oil and Natural Gas.Chapter Item. Global Oil Flow and Strategic Geography of the Muslim World. Population Sizes, Birth and Death Rates. Changing Age Structure of the Muslim Population. Rapid Urbanization and Its Problems. Population Quality: Illiteracy and Education. The Islamic Empires. Colonization and Islamic Fundamentalism. The Contemporary Scene and Its Challenges. Dedication. Introduction. References. Index. INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES. Acknowledgments. Preface. List of Tables. List of Figures. List of maps. Introduction. Introduction.