BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,836, December 2, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: September marked the 40th anniversary of the outbreak of the eight-year-long Iran-Iraq War, the longest Middle Eastern war of the twentieth century. It took the lives of more …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,398, January 10, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The killing of Qassem Soleimani could prove to be a turning point in the history of the Middle East as a whole, but first and foremost in Iraq. That …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,103, March 5, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The new strategy toward Iran taken by Donald Trump, which includes withdrawing from the nuclear deal, imposing sanctions on Tehran, and isolating it internationally, created expectations among the Kurdish …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 637, November 9, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel’s public support for the Kurdish referendum on Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence roused many demons from their slumber. The question to be asked is whether the damage wrought by this …
Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 130
Executive Summary: The Kurds challenge the self-perceptions of the nation-states in which they reside: Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq; and they have played a crucial role in combatting Islamic State. This study analyzes …
