Oil Wars -- Contents -- Figures, Boxes, Tables and Maps -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Nigeria: political violence, governance and corporate responsibility in a petro-state -- 2 Drilling in deep water: oil, business and war in Angola -- 3 Greed and grievance in Chechnya -- 4...

This book addresses Russia's new assertiveness and the role of energy as a key factor in shaping the country's behavior in international relations and in building political and economic power domestically since the 1990s