The Price of Oil and Soviet/Russian Aggressiveness

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Series Details 16 January 2015
Publication Date 16/01/2015
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A decade-long period of a steadily rising oil prices (and that of other raw materials) has given Russia a feeling of strength, bordering on invulnerability, which has made the country more assertive, and ready to use any opportunity to deploy its military power. Based on his analysis of Russian behaviour over the past 50 years, Daniel Gros finds that the abrupt reversal of this trend since the summer of 2014 portends a much less aggressive Russian stance as long as the price of oil remains at present levels.

Source Link http://aei.pitt.edu/59748/
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