English

Noun

petro-dictatorship ‎(plural petro-dictatorships)

1. A dictatorship funded by petroleum exports.
   • 1997, Peter Rutland, Lost Opportunities: Energy and Politics in Russia:

     The development of energy resources in an otherwise underdeveloped economy […] is often accompanied by the rise of corrupt, authoritarian regimes (Witness the petro-dictatorships of Nigeria, Libya […] )

   • 2009, Thomas J. Courchene, The Obama Opportunity: Agent of Change in a Time of Crisis:

     Internationally, what is already the world's most indebted nation is overextended on the military front, highly dependent on OPEC oil and increasingly beholden to sovereign wealth funds run by petro-dictatorships or authoritarian regimes

Derived terms

• petro-dictator