Oil, the State, and War: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates - Hardcover

by Emma Ashford (Author)

In Oil, the State, and War, Emma Ashford explores the many potential links between domestic oil production and foreign policy behavior by examining three "types" of petrostates-oil-dependent states, oil-wealthy states, and super-producer states-and how they shape international affairs.

Author Biography

Emma Ashford is a senior fellow in the New American Engagement Initiative at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council and a nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point. Her work focuses on questions of grand strategy, international security, and the future of US foreign policy. Ashford is a regular columnist for Foreign Policy, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.