00993nab a22002417a 4500 049381 CL-SaANEPE 20211029001413.0 a||||| |||| 00| 0 130809n2011 xx ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d CL-SaANEPE CL-SaANEPE CL-SaANEPE Ross, Michael US.FA/5/2011 Will oil drown the Arab Spring? : democracy and the resource curse. Vol. 90, nro. 5 (september - october 2011), p. 2-7 Datos del autor. No state with serious oil wealth has ever transformed into a democracy. Oil lets dictators buy off citizens, keep their finances secret, and spend wildly on arms. To prevent the resource curse from dashing the hopes of the Arab Spring, Washington should push for more transparent oil markets - and curb its own oil addiction PETROLEO PRIMAVERA ARABE Foreign Affairs. 020491 REVA oss20130809 49124 49124