Petro-aggression

Petro-aggression occurs when a revolutionary government comes to power in a petrostate (an oil-exporting country). Oil on its own does not cause international aggression. But the combination of oil and revolution is dangerous. 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]

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References

  1. ↑ Colgan, Jeff (2013). Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War. Cambridge University Press.
  2. ↑ Homer-Dixon, Thomas (1999). Environment, Scarcity, and Violence. Princeton University Press.

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