新世纪以来,国际原油价格不断上涨,其基本原因在于世界剩余原油生产能力和主要产油区地缘政治局势紧张。上述两个原因都与中东地区的问题密切相关。为避免长期高油价引发世界经济衰退,国际社会应当积极行动起来,缓和中东地区的紧张局势,让该地区巨大的石油资源潜力转化为生产能力,扭转国际油价不断上涨势头。 Since the beginning of the new century, the international crude oil prices have risen continuously. The basic reason for this is the world’s crude oil production capacity and the geopolitical tensions in the major oil-producing regions. Both of these reasons are closely linked with the problems in the Middle East. In order to avoid long-term high oil prices triggering the world economic downturn, the international community should take a proactive approach to easing tensions in the Middle East so that the huge potential of oil resources in the region can be turned into productive capacity and reversing the rising international oil prices.