Petro-aggression
Petro-aggression is the tendency for a petrostate to be involved in international conflicts, or to be the targets of them. One study suggests that petro-revolutionary states are 250 percent more likely to instigate international conflicts than a typical country.[1]
It remains unclear whether the pattern of petro-aggression found in oil-rich countries also applies to other natural resources besides oil.[2]
Possible examples
- Iraq (Invasion of Kuwait)
- Iran (Support of Hezbollah and other Shia militias)
- Libya (Chadian–Libyan conflict)
- Biafra
- Indonesia (Operation Lotus)
- Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia led intervention in Yemen)
- Russia (War in Donbass)
- South Sudan (South Sudanese Civil-War)
- United States (Invasion of Iraq)
See also
- Resource curse
- Resource War
- Rent-seeking
- Political corruption
References
- Colgan, Jeff (2013). Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War. Cambridge University Press.
- Homer-Dixon, Thomas (1999). Environment, Scarcity, and Violence. Princeton University Press.
Further reading
- Colgan, Jeff (2013). Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War. Cambridge University Press.
- Ross, Michael (2012). The Oil Curse. Princeton University Press.
- Yergin, Daniel (2008). The Prize.
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