Triadic Coercion: Israel’s Targeting of States That Host Nonstate Actors

Authors

Richard English

Abstract

This scholarly, serious-minded book represents a valuable addition to the Columbia University Press series, Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. Considering the decades-old Arab-Israeli conflict, Wendy Pearlman and Boaz Atzili address the issue of what they term “triadic coercion—in which a state directs military threats or strikes at another state to force it to take action against a nonstate actor to which it offers shelter or assistance” (242). This tactic has been common enough to be historically significant, and the Israeli case that is examined here offers a useful laboratory within which to offer systematic consideration of the phenomenon.

Recommended Citation

English, Richard (2019) "Triadic Coercion: Israel’s Targeting of States That Host Nonstate Actors," International Dialogue: Vol. 9, Article 13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32873/uno.dc.ID.9.1.1174
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/id-journal/vol9/iss1/13