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==Petro-aggression==
{{See also|Oil war}}
Petro-aggression is the tendency for a [[petrostate]] to be involved in international conflicts, or to be the target of them.  The term was popularized by a 2013 book by Jeff Colgan that found that petrostates (states with 10% or more GDP from petroleum) are 250 percent more likely to instigate international conflicts than a typical country.<ref>{{cite book|last=Colgan|first=Jeff|title=Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War|year=2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War {{!}} Wilson Center |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/petro-aggression-when-oil-causes-war |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.wilsoncenter.org |language=en}}</ref>

Examples of oil-rich countries engaging in conflict include:
* [[Biafra]]
* Indonesia ([[Indonesian invasion of East Timor|Operation Lotus]])
* Iran (support of [[Hezbollah]] and other Shia militias)
* Iraq ([[invasion of Kuwait]])
* Libya ([[Chadian–Libyan conflict]])
* [[Russia]] ([[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbas]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Petro-aggression: How Russia's oil makes war more likely |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/04/01/petro-aggression-how-russias-oil-makes-war-more-likely/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Analysis- There's a reason Putin can be so aggressive: Oil. |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/27/theres-reason-putin-can-be-so-aggressive-oil/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>)
*[[Saudi Arabia]] ([[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]], [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)]])
*[[South Sudan]] ([[South Sudanese Civil War]])
*[[Soviet Union]] ([[Soviet–Afghan War]])<ref name="Brown-2013">{{Cite journal|last=Brown|first=James D. J.|date=1 January 2013|title=Oil Fueled? The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan|journal=Post-Soviet Affairs|volume=29|issue=1|pages=56–94|doi=10.1080/1060586X.2013.778543|issn=1060-586X|doi-access=free}}</ref>

As of 1999, it remained unclear whether the pattern of petro-aggression found in oil-rich countries also applies to other natural resources besides oil.<ref>{{cite book| last = Homer-Dixon | first = Thomas | title = Environment, Scarcity, and Violence | year = 1999 | publisher= Princeton University Press}}</ref>