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Are oil-rich countries prone to war? And, if so, why? There is a widely held belief that contemporary wars are motivated by the desire of great powers like the United States or Russia to control precious oil resources and to ensure energy security. This book argues that the main reason why oil-rich countries are prone to war is because of the character of their society and economy. Sectarian groups compete for access to oil resources and finance their military adventures through smuggling oil, kidnapping oil executives, or blowing up pipelines. Outside intervention only makes things worse. The use of conventional military force as in Iraq can bring neither stability nor security of supply. This book examines the relationship between oil and war in six different regions: Angola, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Indonesia, Nigeria and Russia. Each country has substantial oil reserves, and has a long history of conflict. The contributors assess what part oil plays in causing, aggravating or mitigating war in each region and how this relation has altered with the changing nature of war. It offers a novel conceptual approach bringing together Kaldor's work on 'new wars' and Karl's work on the petro-state.
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Mary Kaldor is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics and the author of numerous books. Terry Lynn Karl is Gildred Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies at Stanford University and author of The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States.Yahia Said is a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics.
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- PublisherPluto Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0745324789
- ISBN 13 9780745324784
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
- EditorKaldor Mary, Karl Terry Lynn
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