Will global climate change increase resource-based conflicts around the world? Journal of Peace Research has a special issue on the topic, looking at how weather variability has already influenced the rate of conflict. The issue is free to the public until the end of February. Most of the studies find that weather variability does not [...]
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JPR Special Issue on Climate Change and Conflict
Posted in civil war, Environment, interstate conflict, resource curse, tagged climate change, conflict, development, global warming, resource curse on February 9, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Arab States Cursed by Oil?
Posted in institutions, Political Science, resource curse, tagged Oil, resource curse, saudi arabia on February 26, 2011 | 6 Comments »
At Hit & Run, Ron Bailey expresses a surprisingly confident explanation of Arab countries’ economic and political woes: oil. Yes, the resource curse is back in the news. But as longtime readers of Pileus know, recent research suggests that the resource curse may be a myth. To the extent that oil wealth explains poor economic [...]

