Second, revolutions tend to eliminate domestic political constraints that might otherwise restrain an aggressive leader from taking a state into conflict or war. Pdf this article examines the conditions under which state leaders chose. America has the unfortunate habit of getting into war with oilexporting states, said colgan. We acknowledge and build on the argument that petroaggression is contingent. One year ago, the united states government froze all property of the central bank of iran and other iranian financial institutions within the. When oil causes war paperback march 28, 20 by jeff d. Why are some but not all oil exporting petrostates aggressive.
When oil causes war, colgan finds that petrostates countries where revenue from oil exports exceeds 10 percent of gdp are twice as likely to engage in interstate conflict than nonpetrostates. See all 8 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Such strategies are consistent with the notion of petroaggression, whereby an oilrich state becomes a target of military intervention from abroad or itself becomes an aggressor colgan, 20. Countries do no go to war to win control of oil supplies, colgan hussein, and. When oil causes war, in journal of peace research 506. Although the term energy security is now ubiquitous in political speeches and the media, international relations scholars have only just begun to rediscover the topic after a thirtyyear hiatus. Colgan reading an ebook will certainly never lower as well as waste your. The net effect depends critically on its domestic politics, especially the preferences of its leader. Oil is the worlds single most important commodity and its political effects are pervasive. Petroaggression shows that oil creates incentives that increase a petrostates aggression, but also incentives for the opposite.
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