Petroaggression is the tendency for a petrostate to be involved in international conflicts, or to be the targets of them. See all 8 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. When oil causes war, jeff colgan provides an indispensable starting point for researchers interested in the relationship between oil and international conflict 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 30year hiatus. One study suggests that petrorevolutionary states are 250 percent more likely to instigate international conflicts than a typical country. The net effect depends critically on its domestic politics, especially the preferences of its leader. America has the unfortunate habit of getting into war with oilexporting states, said colgan. Jeff colgan at american university in washington identifies eight ways oil means war or nearwar. 2009 standard catalog of firearms pdf download petroaggression when oil causes war pdf download sennheiser e 835 pdf download physics for dummies pdf free download download software pdf to word converter terbaru 2ne1 rp hplc principle pdf download diseases caused by viruses pdf download czterolatek w przedszkolu przewodnik metodyczny pdf download. Thus the combustable combination of revolutionaries like khomeinei, qadhafi, and saddam hussein and a dependency on petroleum for more than 10% of gdp are the key ingredients for warproneness. Department of justice, the federal bureau of investigation, and the internal revenue service into political corruption of nine thencurrent or former alaskan state lawmakers, as well as republican us representative. 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. The alaska political corruption probe refers to a 2003 to 2010 widespread investigation by the public integrity section of the u. Petroaggression shows that oil creates incentives that increase a petrostates aggression, but also incentives for the opposite.
When oil causes war paperback march 28, 20 by jeff d. When oil causes war, jeff colgan provides an indispensable starting point for researchers interested in the relationship between oil and international conflict he offers a theoretical foundation for future research on a topic likely to grow in importance over the next several years both within the field of. The term may also refer generally to any conflict in a region that contains oil reserves or is geographically positioned in a location where an entity has or may wish to develop production or transportation infrastructure for petroleum products. When oil causes war, i explore the relationship between oilexporting petrostates defined by having oil exports of at least 10 percent of gdp and aggressive foreign policy. 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. An oil war is a conflict about petroleum resources, or their transportation, consumption, or regulation. I argue that the effect of this oil income depends heavily on the domestic politics of the petrostate. Module max319 max319esat sop original authentic and new free shipping. Jeff colgan is assistant professor in the school of international service at american university in washington, d. To answer this question, a theory of aggressive foreign policy. Oil is the worlds single most important commodity and its political effects are pervasive. This is a well researched book with both theoretical chapters and case studies that probe the details of petroaggression decisions.
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