Section: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (Israel)
From Isolation to Desired Partner: The Success of Israel’s Grand Strategy in the 21st Century
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,175, January 24, 2023 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: One of the most serious challenges Israel has faced over its history since independence was its economic and diplomatic isolation in the region and in the world. This isolation has eased dramatically in recent years. Israel has become a welcomed partner and is involved...
Russia – Ukraine war
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Alexei Navalny and Public Dissent in Russia
Alexei Navalny, image via Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,928, February 11, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The massive protests staged in Russia by supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny pose a serious threat to the country’s political elite. The Kremlin has a problem on its hands no matter what it does. Whether...
The ICC’s Decision to Investigate Israel Is Baseless but Dangerous
Fatou Bensouda, photo via website of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the HagueBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,926, February 9, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The decision of the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem is...
Joe Biden’s Engagement in Belarus
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, July 2020, image via Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,918, February 5, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Unlike his predecessor Donald Trump, President Joe Biden is taking an active interest in Belarus, a small country on the periphery of Russia, and suggesting a more hawkish policy toward Russia. It’s...
The Dangers of Lifting Sanctions on the Islamic Regime of Iran
President Joe Biden, image via White House websiteBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,907, January 28, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Now that President Biden has been installed in the White House, the Islamic regime in Iran is hopeful that US sanctions on the country will soon be lifted. Lifting the sanctions, however, would tighten the regime’s...
The Dangers of Lifting Sanctions on the Islamic Regime of Iran
President Joe Biden, image via White House websiteBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,907, January 28, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Now that President Biden has been installed in the White House, the Islamic regime in Iran is hopeful that US sanctions on the country will soon be lifted. Lifting the sanctions, however, would tighten the regime’s...
Debating Yad Vashem
Hall of Names, Yad Vashem, image via Yad VashemBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,891, January 18, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The recent attempt by PM Netanyahu to appoint former IDF general and cabinet minister Effi Eitam as chairman of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center has stirred a heated public debate about the Center’s...
Biden and Russia: Pressure, But Not Too Much
Joe Biden, photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,858, December 28, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: As the world awaits Joe Biden’s inauguration as president of the US, Washington’s relations with China are under primary scrutiny. However, ties with Russia are no less important, as the two states have...
The Consequences of Fakhrizadeh’s Killing
The scene following assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, image via Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,837, December 3, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, long-time mainstay of the Iranian military nuclear program, is a severe blow to that program and another massive intelligence failure by Iranian...
