Description
There has been a growing literature on feminist foreign policy theory. However, the vast majority of studies have focused on Western cases, e.g., Sweden, the European Union, Canada and Norway, to name a few examples. Conversely, research on non-Western countries, such as Israel, is more limited. To address this gap this paper uses a feminist foreign policy lens to examine three domains in Israeli foreign policy: the ideational domain, with reference to Israel’s response to UNSCR 1325; the material domain, in connection to Israel’s development policy; and the institutional domain, in relation to the representation of females in the Israeli diplomatic corpus. Using hitherto unavailable data, which was obtained via a freedom of information request, the paper explores the three domains to assess how and to what extent Israeli foreign policy may be considered feminist. The findings are also used to reflect on feminist foreign policy theory more broadly.
