Economic sanctions and state-sponsored terrorism: the case of Iran

While economic sanctions are often used as a foreign policy tool to fight state-sponsored terrorism, their efficacy remains unclear. This article argues that the intensifying economic hardship caused by sanctions forces the targeted governments to undertake a retrenchment strategy, which in turn red...

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Veröffentlicht in:Israel affairs 2022-09, Vol.28 (5), p.645-660
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Yaohui, Shen, Yupeng, Han, Zhaoying
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:While economic sanctions are often used as a foreign policy tool to fight state-sponsored terrorism, their efficacy remains unclear. This article argues that the intensifying economic hardship caused by sanctions forces the targeted governments to undertake a retrenchment strategy, which in turn reduces the overall frequency of state-sponsored terrorist attacks. Using cross-sectional-time-series data of Iranian-backed terrorism from 1987 to 2005, the article shows that sanctions against the Iranian regime were instrumental in reducing terrorist attacks by Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
ISSN:1353-7121
1743-9086
DOI:10.1080/13537121.2022.2112376