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 – 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 – 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 won’t. 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: 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 …
Kim Jung-un’s new year declaration that North Korea will test its new ICBM this year (2017) poses a further challenge to the incoming Trump administration. It is truly a “rogue state” – a country that conducts nuclear tests in defiance …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 332, February 25, 2016
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the Middle East does not indicate an imminent new balance of power in the Middle East, but does suggest the prospect of greater …
