BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 984, October 23, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on the premises of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul threatens to upend the fundaments of fault lines across the Middle East.
The …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 965, October 3, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: China, in an implicit recognition that at least some of its Belt and Road-related projects risk trapping target countries in debt or failing to meet their needs, has conceded …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 959, September 26, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A list of 26 predominantly Muslim countries considered sensitive by China reflects Chinese concerns that they could reinforce religious sentiment among the People’s Republic’s Turkic Muslim population with potentially …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 937, September 2, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, may be about more than ending the ongoing, escalating violence that threatens to …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 931, August 26, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran has raised the specter of a US-Saudi effort to destabilize the country by exploiting economic grievances against the backdrop of circumstantial evidence that Washington and Riyadh are playing …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 929, August 22, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iranian leaders have said the future of the nuclear agreement (the JCPOA) in the wake of the US withdrawal will depend on the ability of Europe, China, and Russia …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 913, August 5, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Message to Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, and Tel Aviv: Not to worry. US President Donald J. Trump has no intention of unconditionally meeting his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani. On the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 901, July 23, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The covert cyberwar that helped spark the 13-month-old Gulf crisis, which pits a Saudi-United Arab Emirates-led alliance against Qatar, may have just gotten murkier with the indictment of 12 …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 886, July 8, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A United Arab Emirates-backed Saudi effort to wrest control from Jordan of Islam’s holy places in Jerusalem signals a sharper, more overt edge to Saudi religious diplomacy. The kingdom’s …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 872, June 22, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Mounting anger and discontent is simmering across the Arab world much as it did in the run-up to the 2011 popular revolts that toppled four autocratic leaders. But this …
