ABSTRACT

Most studies on oil and rebellion focus on the physical competition to control sites of resource production such as fields, refineries and export terminals. Issues of ownership are tertiary, even derisory. This paper takes issues of ownership seriously, detailing how rebel groups make legal claims to ownership of state-controlled oil assets. Rebel oil regimes are embedded in broader forms of rebel economic governance and diplomacy. Rebels can assert legal rights to resources even when they lack physical access to it. Using the case of the Houthis (Ansar Allah) in northern Yemen, the paper shows how rebel oil regimes help solidify elite bargains and relationships with outside patrons in ways that affect the course of conflict and conflict resolution. Considering legality alongside physical possession of resources better explains how rebel governance operates in the economic sphere.

摘要

大多数关于石油和叛乱的研究都集中在物理竞争上，以控制资源生产场所，如油田、炼油厂和出口码头。所有权问题是次要的，甚至是可笑的。本文认真对待所有权问题，详细说明反叛团体如何对国家控制的石油资产的所有权提出合法要求。反叛的石油政权植根于更广泛的反叛经济治理和外交形式。反叛者即使无法实际接触资源，也可以主张对资源的合法权利。本文以也门北部的胡塞武装 (Ansar Allah) 为例，展示了反叛石油政权如何以影响冲突进程和解决冲突的方式帮助巩固精英讨价还价以及与外部赞助人的关系。