A summary of the center’s activities in 2016, including seven conferences, eight guest lectures, 60 new publications, and more. Prof. Efraim Karsh, the new director of the center, takes his piercing pen to the Oslo peace process – “one of …
Australia and Israel should develop closer relations in defense and foreign affairs, according to experts from the two countries.
Dr. Anthony Bergin of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and Prof. Efraim Inbar of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies …
Yaakov Amidror, Hillel Frisch, Gershon Hacohen, Efraim Inbar, Eran Lerman and Max Singer discuss Israel’s policies on the Palestinian issue, in a post-Obama and post-Abbas era.
The upshot of their debate: Apply Obama’s first rule of governance. “Don’t do stupid …
The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies mourns the passing in August of Mr. Muzi Wertheim, one of the titans of modern Israeli industry and a founder of the Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. He was 86.
Mr. Wertheim’s …
Dr. Colin Rubenstein, Mr. Uzi Rubin, Prof. Michael Mandelbaum, Dr. Dov Waxman, Michael Eisenstadt, Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi, Prof. Peter Berkowitz, and Mr. Jay Solomon delivered guest lectures at the center in recent months.
Dr. Colin Rubenstein, executive director …
In June, experts from Belgium, Bahrain, France, Germany, India, the UK, US and Israel convened at the BESA Center and at Haifa’s National Security Studies Center for a two-day international conference to study developments in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. …
Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, Brig. Gen. (res.) Moni Chorev, Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Ambassador Arye Mekel, and Prof. Udi Lebel have joined the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies as research associates, over the past year.
Brig. Gen. …
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 …
