Black Gold and Blackmail: The Politics of International Oil Coercion

ISBN-10: 1267248181
ISBN-13: 9781267248183
Pages: 199
Language: English
Published: 2012
Author: Rosemary Ann Kelanic

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For a state to be at risk of oil coercion, it must have some degree of baseline vulnerability. I hypothesize that three variables determine a state's vulnerability to oil coercion. The first is its degree of dependence on foreign sources of oil. For oil coercion to be effective, the target must depend heavily on foreign sources of petroleum. Second, the target's geography matters greatly, because it affects a coercer's ability to block the flow of oil. Island states are particularly susceptible to military blockade. The third variable is the country's relative power, which determines whether or not the state can protect its supply lines.

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