# In an op-ed, NYU Research Prof. Ian Bremmer discusses the impact of lower oil prices

1 Faculty News November 11, 2014 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from [Reuters](http://blogs.reuters.com/ian-bremmer/2014/11/11/oil-price-plummet-wont-help-u-s-with-iran-or-russia/) -- "Don’t overestimate the near-term impact of oil prices in free fall. Yet, even if cheaper oil doesn’t upend these regimes — or align them with Washington — it will accelerate their deepening dependence on China. That is a recipe for greater instability and a more volatile global energy landscape."

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