Wilson Center - ECSP
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Oil is the world’s single most important commodity and its political effects are pervasive. Wilson Center Scholar Jeff Colgan extends the idea of the resource curse into the realm of international relations, exploring how major oil-exporting countries form their foreign policy preferences and intentions. Petro-Aggression shows that oil creates incentives for both aggression and peace in its biggest producers. The net effect depends critically on a petrostate’s domestic politics, especially the preferences of its leaders. Revolutionary leaders are especially significant. Using case studies including Iraq, Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, this book offers new insight into why oil politics has a central role in global peace and conflict.
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Oil is the world’s single most important commodity and its political effects are pervasive. Wilson Center Scholar Jeff Colgan extends the idea of the resource curse into the realm of international relations, exploring how major oil-exporting countries form their foreign policy preferences and intentions. Petro-Aggression shows that oil creates incentives for both aggression and peace in its biggest producers. The net effect depends critically on a petrostate’s domestic politics, especially the preferences of its leaders. Revolutionary leaders are especially significant. Using case studies including Iraq, Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, this book offers new insight into why oil politics has a central role in global peace and conflict.