Section: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (Israel)
The Crisis In Georgia And Prospects For Restoring Its Territorial Integrity
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 65 (June 21, 2024) A number of observers compare the current situation in Georgia with the events in Ukraine in late 2013, when President Viktor Yanukovych abandoned the European course and chose a pro-Russian one, which led … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
France, Russo-Ukrainian War and the Struggle for Military-Political Leadership in Europe
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 64 (June 13, 2024) Confrontation and Leadership At the end of February 2024, after a conference of leaders from 20 European states in Paris, where the question of providing military assistance to Ukraine was discussed, French President … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Official Russia’s Interpretation of the Terms “Genocide” and “Holocaust” : Between Israel And Ukraine
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 63 (June 11, 2024) On June 5, 2024, Russian President Putin, at a meeting with heads of global news agencies on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, described the events in the Gaza Strip … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Russia’s New Foreign Policy Ideology of “Anti-Colonialism”: What Can it Mean for Israel?
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 61 (May 30, 2024) During a speech in 2022 celebrating the annexation of four new Ukrainian territories (in addition to Crimea annexed in 2014), Russian President Putin unexpectedly articulated a new ideology of Russian anti-colonialism, surprising many … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
The 2024 Presidential Elections in Moldova and the War in Ukraine
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 60 (May 24, 2024) On April 16, 2024, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova made a positive decision on the possibility of holding a constitutional referendum on the issue of European integration on October 20, … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Russian Policies During the Israeli-Hamas War Since October the 7th
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 57 (May 13, 2024) Robert O. Freedman When the Israel-Hamas war broke out in October 2023, Russia had been involved in its “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine for a year and a half. Given the challenges Russia … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Russian Policies During the Israeli-Hamas War Since October the 7th
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 57 (May 13, 2024) Robert O. Freedman When the Israel-Hamas war broke out in October 2023, Russia had been involved in its “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine for a year and a half. Given the challenges Russia … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
BESA Post-Soviet Conflicts Research Digest No. 7 (April 2024)
In April 2024, the PSCR program’s materials covered the conflictual dynamics in and around Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Estonia. Velvl Chernin analyzes the content, timing, and potential significance of the presidential decree “On the territories of the Russian Federation historically … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for...
Dangerous Liaisons: Iran’s Anxieties and Armenian Pivot to the West
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 54 (April 29, 2024) The war in Ukraine and the conclusion of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict highlight the end of Russian influence in the Southern Caucasus. The Russian presence in the region is dwindling. It is hard to … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Arming Ukraine: How Russia Forces US and EU to Foot the African Kingdom’s Bill
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 53 (April 27, 2024) The war in Ukraine intertwines with conflicts in other parts of the globe. As previously noted in PSCRP publications, Iran’s indirect involvement has linked this war to conflicts in the Middle East … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...