Energy as a Rewarding and Punitive Foreign Policy Instrument: The Case of Israeli–Palestinian Relations

Lior Herman and Itay Fischhendler

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2021, vol. 44, issue 6, 495-520

Abstract: This article examines how and when energy is used as a punitive or rewarding measure to advance foreign policy ends under conditions of perpetual conflict. Drawing on hundreds of primary governmental and commercial documents, and extensive elite interviews, we examine Israeli–Palestinian relations over 50 years. We find extensive instrumentalization of energy for foreign policy objectives in the conflict. We highlight electricity, a neglected area in international relations and conflict literatures, as a significant foreign policy tool. Our findings emphasize four major variables that shape the timing and form of energy measures—politics, regime type, dependence level, and energy production chain.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2019.1567997

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