Geoeconomic Leverage of Natural Gas Resources in the Mediterranean
The Case of Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12923579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ahmed Mahdi (0009-0003-2274-2371, British University in Egypt, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 141-155 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Arab Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-0920 • E-ISSN: 1755-0912 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/caa.2019.12.4.141 |
| OpenAlex | W2999269735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article examines the claim that Israel’s natural gas exports from its Mediterranean gas fields will give geopolitical leverage to Tel Aviv over the importing countries. Using the geoeconomic tradition of Klaus Knorr and others who wrote about applying leverage using economic resources to gain geopolitical advantage, it is argued that certain criteria have to be satisfied for economic influence attempts, and that Israel’s gas exports do not satisfy these criteria. They include the importer’s supply vulnerability, the supplier’s demand vulnerability, and the salience of energy as an issue between both countries. Israeli gas exports to Egypt are used as a case study
Economics · Economy · Geopolitics · Leverage (statistics · Natural gas · Natural resource economics · Political science · Politics · Salience (neuroscience · Vulnerability (computing · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Russia and Soviet political economy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |