Section: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (Israel)
Will Russia Support Iran in the Event of its Full-scale Attack on Israel?
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 78 (August 27, 2024) Relations between Iran and Russia have significantly expanded since the onset of the full-scale military conflict in Ukraine in February 2022. Iran’s new president has promised to sign a strategic cooperation agreement with … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Kaliningrad — Russia’s Exclave in Europe
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 77 (August 23, 2024) During an official visit to Ukraine on 13 August 2024, Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas said against the backdrop of the AFU offensive in Russia’s Kursk Region: “We are now seeing them (… …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Prospects for Diplomatic de-escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian War
The first major war in Europe since 1945 (with the exception of much smaller Yugoslav Wars), which began with the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army on February 24, 2022, has been going on for almost 30 months with … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Rivalry Over Wildberries As an Ethno-Political Conflict Within the Russian Elite
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 74 (August 11, 2024) Recently, amid the war in Ukraine, which has caused numerous changes in the Russian elite, as well as sanctions, which have caused the flight of foreign capital, the head of Chechnya, Kadyrov, together … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Circassian Factor in the Context of the Russian-Ukrainian War
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 70 (July 21, 2024) The constant attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Sevastopol and other Russian naval bases in Crimea have forced the Russians to move their ships to Novorossiysk and other ports on … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Ukraine and American Prospects
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 68 (July 09, 2024) by Russell A. Berman The Russian invasion of Ukraine has posed a direct challenge to the national sovereignty of an independent country, just as it continues to lead to extensive suffering, especially due … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
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...
