Publishing Institution:

The Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies (BESA)
The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (also known by its acronym, the BESA Center) is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant research on Middle Eastern and global strategic affairs, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and regional peace and stability. BESA Center publications and policy recommendations are directed towards senior Israeli decision-makers in military and civilian life, the defense and foreign affairs establishments in Israel and abroad, the diplomatic corps, the press, the academic community, leaders of Jewish communities around the world, and the educated public.Visit Site
Resources:
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June 10, 2020
Athens and Jerusalem Have a Diplomatic Opportunity
By: George N Tzogopoulos -
June 10, 2020
The Fauda Effect: Israeli Active Defense on the Screen
By: Asaf Romirowsky -
June 05, 2020
Staring Into the Abyss of US-China Decoupling
By: James M Dorsey -
June 04, 2020
The 1982 Lebanon War and Its Repercussions for Israel’s National Security
By: Hanan Shai -
June 02, 2020
Coronavirus, China, and the Middle East
By: Mordechai Chaziza -
June 01, 2020
The Shifting Boundaries of Antisemitism
By: Manfred Gerstenfeld -
May 31, 2020
Gulf Security: The Arab Gulf States Have No Good Options
By: James M Dorsey -
May 27, 2020
Coronavirus and the Middle East
By: Dan Gottlieb, Mordechai Kedar -
May 06, 2020
Coronavirus Could Revolutionize America’s China Policy
By: Emil Avdaliani -
May 04, 2020
Coronavirus Threatens to Drive Wedge into US-Gulf Relations
By: James M Dorsey -
April 24, 2020
The San Remo Conference 100 Years On
By: Efraim Karsh -
April 21, 2020
The Coronavirus Crisis: Origins and the Way Forward
By: Hanan Shai -
April 15, 2020
UN Treaty Body Promotes BDS at Urging of Norwegian NGO
By: Anne Herzberg -
April 14, 2020
Turkey Is Building a Geopolitical Alliance Between Sunni and Shiite Islamists
By: Irina Tsukerman -
April 02, 2020
Coming Home to Roost: War Threatens to Spill Beyond Syria’s Borders
By: James M Dorsey -
March 31, 2020
Anti-Jewish Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories in Historical Context
By: Manfred Gerstenfeld -
March 30, 2020
Erdoğan Battles on Multiple Fronts in Risky Regional Power Bid
By: James M Dorsey -
March 15, 2020
Russia’s Shift from “Greater Europe” to “Greater Asia”
By: Emil Avdaliani -
March 04, 2020
A Fragile Anti-US Alliance: Russia Accuses China of Technology Theft
By: James M Dorsey -
February 21, 2020
The Chinese Penetration of Israeli Media
By: Roie Yellinek -
February 13, 2020
Operation “Shahid Soleimani”: Iran’s Revenge
By: Uzi Rubin -
February 12, 2020
China’s Response to the Killing of Soleimani
By: Roie Yellinek -
January 26, 2020
The Jordan Valley Is Not Up for Negotiation
By: Gershon Hacohen -
January 20, 2020
The Battle for Libya: The UAE Calls the Shots
By: James M Dorsey -
January 09, 2020
Iran’s Missiles and Its Evolving “Rings of Fire”
By: Uzi Rubin -
January 05, 2020
The Soleimani Killing: An Initial Assessment
By: Hillel Frisch, Eytan Gilboa, Gershon Hacohen, Doron Itzchakov, Alexander Joffe -
December 30, 2019
Fighting the Demonization of Israel at the International Criminal Court
By: Eytan Gilboa -
December 25, 2019
Fighting Antisemitism: Three Strategic Priorities
By: Manfred Gerstenfeld -
December 15, 2019
Straightening Out Russian Foreign Policy
By: Emil Avdaliani -
December 13, 2019
Kremlin Coups Turned Democratic Revolutions
By: Jiri Valenta -
December 01, 2019
The Phenomenon of “Global Russia”
By: Emil Avdaliani -
November 28, 2019
Land Combat Vehicles: Protection Must Come First
By: Maxi Y. Blum -
November 24, 2019
The Chinese Are Doing What the Mongols Did Before Them, Only Better
By: Emil Avdaliani -
November 12, 2019
Lebanese and Iraqi Protesters Transcend Sectarianism
By: James M Dorsey -
November 08, 2019
Trump’s Trade Wars: A New World Order?
By: James M Dorsey -
November 01, 2019
Turkey and China Tie Themselves in Knots Over Syria and Xinjiang
By: James M Dorsey -
October 29, 2019
The Crisis of Violence in Israeli Arab Society
By: Edy Cohen -
October 28, 2019
In the Aegean, Energy Sustainability = Increased Security
By: Katerina Sokou, Aristotle Tziampiris -
October 25, 2019
Turkey’s Invasion of Syrian Kurdistan as Seen from Tehran
By: Doron Itzchakov -
October 18, 2019
Political Islam Is Declining in the Middle East
By: Hillel Frisch -
October 15, 2019
BDS, Antisemitism, and Class
By: Alex Joffe -
October 03, 2019
Berlin: Capital of European Antisemitism
By: Manfred Gerstenfeld -
September 12, 2019
What Happens to Israel If the US and Iran Go to War?
By: Louis René Beres -
September 03, 2019
EU Funding of Illegal Palestinian Settlement in Area C
By: Edwin Black -
August 22, 2019
A Geopolitical Crossfire: Al-Azhar Struggles to Balance Politics and Tradition
By: James M Dorsey -
June 20, 2019
Israeli Nuclear Deterrence in Context: Effects of the US-Russian Rivalry
By: Louis René Beres -
April 19, 2019
The West Bank’s Area C: Israel’s Eastern Line of Defense
By: Gershon Hacohen -
April 01, 2019
Protests Challenge Gulf Counterrevolution
By: James M Dorsey -
April 01, 2019
Israel’s Information Campaigns: An Alternative to Kinetic Strikes
By: Yaakov Lappin -
April 01, 2019
Belarus Could Be Russia’s Next Big Geopolitical Target
By: Emil Avdaliani -
April 01, 2019
Sanctions on the IRGC Will Be Judged by Results – and by Iran’s Reaction
By: Yaakov Lappin -
April 01, 2019
US Designation of Revolutionary Guards Risks Escalation
By: James M Dorsey -
April 01, 2019
With Italy on Board, China’s BRI Gets a Major Boost
By: Emil Avdaliani -
April 01, 2019
A New EastMed Friendship, with US Support
By: George N Tzogopoulos -
April 01, 2019
Mariupol: An On-Site Report
By: Jiri Valenta, Leni Friedman Valenta -
March 01, 2019
The False “Nakba” Narrative
By: Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen -
April 25, 2017
Qatar: The Limits of Nouveau Riche Diplomacy
By: Gil Feiler, Hayim Zeev -
April 23, 2017
Israel’s Inelegant Options in Judea and Samaria: Withdrawal, Annexation, and Conflict Management
By: Yaakov Amidror -
February 01, 2017
The Kurds in a Volatile Middle East
By: Ofra Bengio -
January 10, 2017
North Korea and the Middle East
By: Alon Levkowitz -
January 08, 2017
The Libyan Tragedy and Its Meaning: The Wages of Indecision
By: Eran Lerman -
January 01, 2017
Dispelling the Myth that Israel Is the Largest Beneficiary of US Military Aid
By: Hillel Frisch -
October 26, 2016
Medium-Intensity Threats: The Case for Beefed-Up IDF Ground Forces
By: Eado Hecht, Eitan Shamir -
September 21, 2016
The Game of Camps: Ideological Fault Lines in the Wreckage of the Arab State System
By: Eran Lerman -
July 26, 2016
Implications of US Disengagement from the Middle East
By: Efraim Inbar -
June 01, 2016
Trends in US Congressional Support for Israel
By: Amnon Cavari, Elan Nyer -
May 25, 2016
Indian Responses to Israel’s Gaza Operations
By: C S Samuel Rajiv