Mostly Deterred: An Episodic Analysis of The Israel-Gaza Conflict

• In Event: Military intervention and Counterterrorism

Brief Overview

We assess the validity of narrow deterrence theory in the context of the Israel and Gaza conflict. Israeli retaliation a) strongly correlates with Gazans’ initial number and type of attacks; b) has no short-term deterrence effect.

Authors

• Alexei Abrahams, University of Toronto

• Eli Berman, University of California-San Diego

• Prabin B Khadka Mr, University of Essex

• Esteban Klor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• John Powell, Stanford University