Michael Levi: Smart politicians use cheap crude to oil the wheels of reform
A general view taken on June 30, 2013 shows the Bolashak oil plant on the Kashagan offshore oil field near Atyrau in Kazakhstan.
For two months, as plummeting oil prices have roiled global economics and politics, policy makers have watched, rapt. But this should not just be a spectator sport: it creates opportunities that national leaders ought to exploit.
