Protracted Conflict, Existential Threat and Economic Development

Yakub Halabi
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Yakub Halabi: Yakub Halabi is Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Western Galilee College, Acre, and Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of International Relations, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. E-mail: yhalabi@yahoo.com

International Studies, 2009, vol. 46, issue 3, 319-348

Abstract: This article argues that a protracted conflict, in general, has strengthened the state vis-Ã -vis the society in Egypt, Israel, South Korea, Syria and Taiwan. Yet, the existentially threatened states, namely, Israel, South Korea and Taiwan, have pursued economic development and industrialization as a strategic objective. While all three states have been strategically important for the hegemon, the United States, the latter has encouraged them to adopt an export-oriented strategy and opened its own market to their exports. Given the rise in state strength, an existentially threatened state becomes more capable of extracting taxes and mobilizing the society for industrialization. Both Egypt and Syria, in contrast, were merely engaged in a protracted conflict. Consequently, they were not under pressure to maximize their power through industrialization and/or export-led growth strategy, and each explored, in its own unique way, short-cut solutions for regaining its occupied territory.

Keywords: Existential threat; protracted conflict; development; state-led development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/002088171004600303

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