Renewable Energy and its Effect on Interstate Conflict

该项目旨在确定可再生能源生产与国家之间军事和经济冲突的数量之间的关系。全球能源行业正处于翻天覆地的变化之中。可再生能源市场的规模和价值呈指数级增长。与此同时，世界主要能源——石油的重要性正在下降。学者们有义务讨论和研究这种变化可能带来的潜在影响。这个拟议中的项目将通过确定将石油生产和国家倾向于战争联系起来的一些解释是否适用于可再生能源生产来促进这一讨论。我将通过测试可再生能源公司是否会向国家领导人提供来自可再生能源拍卖和许可的资金，用于军事开支，并变得更加暴力，同时说服他们通过个人捐款和对其政党的捐款提高对外国竞争对手产品的进口关税，来实现这一目标。该项目的完成将对学术政治学研究和更广泛的社会产生重大影响。首先，它将进一步加深我们对导致国家卷入冲突的原因以及原因的了解。其次，随着世界推动更多的可再生能源和更环保的政策，该项目将引起人们对可再生能源生产增加可能对国际安全和经济合作产生的潜在危险和影响的关注。

This project seeks to identify the relationship between renewable energy production and the number of both military and economic conflict between states. The global energy industry is in the midst of a seismic shift. The renewable energy market is exponentially growing in size and value. Simultaneously, the world's leading energy resource, oil, is declining in importance. It is the obligation of academics to discuss and examine the potential effects which may come with this change. This proposed project will contribute to this discussion by determining if some of the explanations that link oil production and states' propensity to go to war travels to renewable energy production. I will achieve this by testing if renewable energy companies will provide state leaders with the funds from renewable auctions and licensing to spend on their military and become more violent whilst simultaneously persuading them to raise import tariffs on foreign rivals' products through personal donations and contributions to their parties. The completion of this project would have a significant impact on academic political science research and the wider society. First, it would further our knowledge of what causes states to engage in conflict and why this is the case. Second, as the world pushes for more renewable energy and greener policies, this project would draw attention to the potential dangers and effects increased renewable energy production may have for international security and economic cooperation.