There Will Be Blood

Author: Nicholas Shaxson
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Foreign Affairs
Volume: 87
Issue Number: 5
Publication Date: September/October 2008
Institution: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract: Michael Ross ("Blood Barrels," May/June 2008) argues that oil triggers conflict in three main ways: fluctuating oil prices lead to economic instability, which is followed by political instability; oil wealth supports insurgencies; and oil wealth encourages separatism. These factors are important, but Ross is too selective. Embedding them in a broader framework would be more illuminating and would better inform policy.
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