Section: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (Israel)
BESA Post-Soviet Conflicts Research Digest No. 31 (April 2026)
In April 2026, the PSCR program has prepared analytical materials covering a wide range of developments in the South Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, and Ukraine. Alexander Shpunt provides a comprehensive analysis of the decision by the Georgian authorities, officially dismantling … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Walk, Don’t Run: A Cautious Reassessment of the Zelenskyy-Tsikhanouskaya Meeting in Vilnius in Light of Israel’s Second Iran-War
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 195 (April 9, 2026) by Boris Ginzburg Several international media outlets have euphorically portrayed the first official meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Vilnius on January 25, 2026, as a … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for...
Between Two Fires: Tajikistan’s Strategic Crossroads in an Age of War
As Russia bleeds in Ukraine and Iran confronts a devastating military campaign by the United States and Israel, Tajikistan — bound to both by history, language, and structural dependency — faces a moment that is as dangerous as it is … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
BESA Post-Soviet Conflicts Research Digest No. 29 (February 2026)
In February 2026, the research by the PSCR program was focused on the dynamics in the European part of the post-Soviet space (namely, Ukraine and Belarus), the South Caucasus, and Kazakhstan. Velvl Chernin recalls his recent long experience of visiting … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Ukraine Four Years On: An Israeli View
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 182 (February 15, 2026) In March 2022, when endless streams of refugees were moving westward out of Ukraine, I crossed the border from Hungary into Ukraine. It was my first trip to the country since the beginning … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Kazakhstan’s Policy of Diversifying the Routes of Energy Supplies to Europe: Interests of Israel and the EU
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 108 (Jan 5, 2024) Faced with new challenges amid the war in Ukraine and increased pressure from Russia, Kazakhstan is taking a series of strategic measures to diversify its hydrocarbon trade and reduce dependence on the Russian … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
BESA Post-Soviet Conflicts Research Digest No. 15 (December 2024)
The majority of PSCRP materials in the final month of 2024 concentrated on the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. In two subsequent papers, Ze’ev Khanin analyzes the difficulties that accompany US President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious goals to end the … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
The War in Ukraine and its Impacts on the USA Russian-speaking Jewish community
From the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion into Ukraine in February 2022, there were confusions, misunderstandings, and fears spread within the Russian-speaking Jewish (RSJ) community in the United States. One of the goals of the invasion declared by … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
The Uneasy Task of Donald Trump to Convince Volodymyr Zelensky and the Possible Electoral Outcomes in Ukraine
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 106 (Dec 21, 2024) Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president begins in a month. High on his priority list, as per his statements, is initiating a ceasefire in Ukraine followed by peace talks to end the … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Carrots and Sticks: Donald Trump’s View of a Diplomatic Resolution to the Russia-Ukraine War
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 104 (Dec 16, 2024) There is still a little over a month to go before Donald Trump, elected to a second term on November 5, 2024, returns to the White House, but the outlines of the first … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
