By Neil King,Jr.Peak Oil:A Survey of Security ConcernsWORKING PAPERS E P T E M B E R 20 0 8TA B L E O F CO N T E N T SIntroduction 5 A Superpower Turned Supplicant 7Looking Forward,Looking Back 9Under Pressure:Global Trade 10And To A Few,Increasing Power 11Mexico s Slide:An Early Warning 12At the Pentagon,A Belated Awakening 13Next Up,Resource Wars?14The World at Peak:Taking the Dim View 15Istockphooto 2008.A silhoutte of three pumpjacks.E N E R G Y V I S I O N A R Y S E R I E S