Natural Resource Production and the Risk of Conflict Recurrence

Vita Roy

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2018, vol. 41, issue 1, 1-23

Abstract: Do different types of natural resources have varying impacts on the risk of conflict recurrence? Using a classification of high-value natural resources according to their lootability and obstructability, this article develops a framework bridging research on natural resources and conflict recurrence. I find evidence for the destabilizing character of easily lootable resources that is coherent across different conflict data. Non-lootable resources show little robust effects at first sight; but when introducing a measure of obstructability, the analysis uncovers varying effects of obstructable and non-obstructable resources that interact with the mode of conflict termination. Overall, the results underline the importance of attending to the lootability and obstructability dimension of natural resources when researching post-conflict risks in resource endowed states.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2016.1266896

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