Please check out Alex Gladstein's article, Uncovering the Hidden Costs of the Petrodollar:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-hidden-costs-of-the-petrodollar

as read and discussed on the podcast Bitcoin Audible:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-audible-hidden-costs-petrodollar-system-alex/id640581455?i=1000519972263