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Petro-Aggression When Oil Causes War

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ISBN-10: 1107654971

ISBN-13: 9781107654976

Edition: 2013

Authors: Jeff D. Colgan

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Oil is the world's single most important commodity and its political effects are pervasive. Jeff Colgan extends the idea of the resource curse into the realm of international relations, exploring how countries form their foreign policy preferences and intentions. Why are some but not all oil-exporting 'petrostates' aggressive? To answer this question, a theory of aggressive foreign policy preferences is developed and then tested, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Petro-Aggression shows that oil creates incentives that increase a petrostate's aggression, but also incentives for the opposite. The net effect depends critically on its domestic politics, especially the preferences…    
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Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/31/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Jeff Colgan is an Assistant Professor at the School of International Service at American University in Washington DC, where his research focuses on international security and global energy politics. He has published work in several journals, including International Organization, the Journal of Peace Research, the Review of International Organizations and Energy Policy, and his article on petro-aggression in International Organization won the Robert O. Keohane award for the best article published by an untenured scholar. Dr Colgan has previously worked with the World Bank, McKinsey and Company, and The Brattle Group.

Introduction
A theory of oil, revolution, and conflict
Evidence and research design
Quantitative impact of oil and revolution on conflict
Iraq
Libya and the Arab Jamahiriyya
Iran
Venezuela and the Bolivarian revolution
Saudi Arabia
Does oil cause revolution?
Conclusion and policy implications