BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 735, February 9, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea is a major political as well as sporting event. The Olympic spirit of peace will be on full display when the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 707, January 4, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The good news is that the 2018 Winter Olympics, which will be held in PyeongChang, South Korea, might serve as a venue for confidence-building measures towards negotiations between South …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 680, December 10, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: North Korea’s missile program demonstrates Pyongyang’s ability to build a reliable deterrence capability against the US โ but the program requires a huge budget. Pyongyang should be able to …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 626, October 25, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: South Korean President Moon Jae-in faces pressure from Pyongyang, Beijing, and Washington as well as from his own country about the North Korean crisis. He needs to find ways …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 581, September 7, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On August 29, 2017, North Korea launched a Hwasong-12 missile over Japan that landed in the Pacific Ocean โ a show of force that once again illustrated Japan’s vulnerability …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 551, August 4, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Will new economic sanctions against North Korea convince it to give up its nuclear and missile capabilities? No, they wonโt. The US and its allies must evaluate whether the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 509, June 26, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: North Korea is moving forward with its development of an ICBM that can carry a nuclear warhead. Will Pyongyang test it, challenging Washington to strike its nuclear reactor in …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 490, June 8, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel is upgrading its economic relations with Asia by negotiating Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with China, South Korea, Vietnam, and India. These agreements will allow Israel to increase trade …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 469, May 18, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: For the past few weeks, discussion has been rife among analysts, policy makers, and the media about tension in the Korean Peninsula from the perspectives of Washington, Seoul, Tokyo, …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 447, April 19, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ย The North Korean nuclear and missile crisis is posing a challenge to the new US administration, especially in the wake of the recent American missile strike in Syria. President …
