Journal ArticleEuropean Journal of International Security · November 1, 2024
States and non-state actors conduct unclaimed coercive attacks, inflicting costs on adversaries to signal resolve to prevail in a dispute while refraining from claiming or denying responsibility. Analysts argue that targets often know who is responsible, w ...
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Journal ArticleContemporary Security Policy · January 1, 2023
States conduct unclaimed coercive acts, imposing costs on adversaries to signal resolve but denying (or not claiming) responsibility. Some scholars posit that unclaimed acts have considerable potential to coerce targets, while containing escalation risks. ...
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Book · January 1, 2023
Short version (150): Foreign investments by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the oil and gas sector began a dramatic climb in the late 1990s amid rising oil prices. These investments are widely perceived to be politically driven, raising concerns about re ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Conflict Resolution · August 1, 2021
When do indigenous and other negatively affected populations mobilize against fossil fuel companies? We revisit social movement theory and environmental literature to identify three factors that may plausibly shape mobilization decisions of negatively affe ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2020
This chapter explores, through an engagement of social science, how civil society actors can effectively pressure governments and market actors to take climate action. The chapter begins by noting the significant challenges of global climate cooperation. I ...
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Journal ArticleEconomics and Politics · November 1, 2019
National oil companies (NOCs) have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign oil and gas assets. Why have some governments increased their NOC outward investments, while others have not? I argue that domestic structures can influence a government ...
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Book · January 1, 2018
In less than a decade, activism against the fossil fuel industry has exploded across the globe. While environmentalists used to focus on legislative goals, such as carbon emissions trading or renewable energy policies, today the most prominent activists di ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Conflict Resolution · September 13, 2015
Modern economies and militaries are fundamentally dependent on oil, but the study of energy security has fallen out of favor in the field of international relations. We develop and test a theory of when and how states invest in energy security. We argue th ...
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Journal ArticleComparative Political Studies · March 6, 2015
Global petroleum subsidies peaked at US$520 billion in the summer of 2008 and reached US$212 billion in 2011, carrying high fiscal and environmental costs. Why do some countries spend so much money to subsidize petroleum consumption? Previous studies sugge ...
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Journal ArticlePolitical Studies · December 1, 2013
In this article, we examine the effect of competing interest groups on environmental policy. We argue that the supporters of environmental policy should be the most influential in the absence of opposition, while the opposition's importance is maximized wh ...
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Journal ArticleEnergy Policy · May 1, 2013
Governments spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually to subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels without understanding the environmental and economic problems this practice creates. To shed light on these problems, we examine the case of gasoline su ...
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Journal ArticleGlobal Environmental Change · May 1, 2012
To achieve environmental sustainability and reduce their vulnerability to oil shocks, countries can develop new energy technologies. Technological advances reduce the cost of structural changes in the energy economy, and thus also increase the political fe ...
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