The BESA Center held a June conference which examined scenarios for the Palestinian Authority after the retirement or departure of Mahmoud Abbas. Lectures (in Hebrew) related to the expected battles for succession among Palestinian leadership, Israel’s diplomatic dilemmas, and likely …
In March, the BESA Center held a day-long conference which asked: How can and should the IDF adapt to meet new threats, and respond to changes in Israeli society?
The center has published a collection of the lectures given at …
In partnership with B’nai B’rith International, the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies hosted in February the first conference of its kind in Israel on Mediterranean security, and specifically on the Eastern Mediterranean as a strategic environment.
“The Eastern Mediterranean has …
An interview with Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman
In this fascinating and revealing interview, Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman discusses his six-year tenure as deputy for foreign policy and international affairs at the National Security Council in the Israeli Prime …
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos addressed an international conference at the center on “Strategic Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean” (18.2.2016, co-sponsored by B’nai B’rith International). Kammenos offered a comprehensive and very forceful articulation of Greece’s views on the dangers of …
The BESA Center held an international conference in May 2015 to mark publication of center associate Prof. Jonathan Rynhold’s book The Arab-Israel Conflict in American Political Culture (Cambridge U. Press, 2015). The conference was cosponsored by the Argov Center for …
Dr. Eitan Shamir’s new book on Military Command
The Israel Ministry of Defense has published an updated and revised Hebrew edition of Dr. Eitan Shamir’s landmark book, Transforming Command (Stanford UP, 2011; Pikud Mesima, Modan, 2015).
The book has been …
Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman Joins the BESA Center
Dr. Lerman: “False Palestinian narratives of victimhood and blatant lie-telling reveal just how far the Palestinian leadership is from accepting the premises necessary for true peace with Israel.”
Col. (res.) Dr. …
Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen Joins the BESA Center
General Hacohen: “Israel must reacquire sufficient ideological determination to persevere, progress, repulse, and overwhelm its adversaries.”
Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen has joined the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies as a …
Read in the January 2016 issue (No. 33) of the BESA Center News Bulletin about the expansion of the center’s expert faculty and its activities, including articles on: Options in Responding to Palestinian …
