@article{1562146,
      recid = {1562146},
      author = {Ashford, Emma,},
      title = {Oil, the State, and War : The Foreign Policies of  Petrostates /},
      pages = {1 online resource (366 pages).},
      abstract = {"Petrostates play an outsize role in world affairs. The  largest producers of oil and natural gas are wealthy states  that translate that wealth into influence. They start more  wars and support violent proxies abroad. Oil-rich states  prop up the global arms trade, but they also use their  wealth for diplomatic and aid purposes. Many assume that  petrostates can use their contribution to global oil supply  as a weapon, but this is more myth than reality. Emma  Ashford provides a comprehensive exploration of the foreign  policy capabilities of oil-rich states through qualitative  and quantitative analysis and short case studies of the  foreign policies of petrostates. At the same time, the book  argues that there are different types of petrostates that  exhibit vastly different behaviors and capabilities. In  exploring the universe of petrostates through a unique  typology, this book helps us to better understand the  diverse ways in which oil shapes the foreign policy of  these states, and, in turn, how they shape the world"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1562146},
}