BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,405, August 25, 2026
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In a coordinated offensive, cyber actors directly linked to the Iranian regime recently executed a series of targeted digital intrusions against water infrastructure in the US. This aggressive campaign …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,379, April 26, 2026
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Alongside Iran’s persistent progress towards nuclear weapons, which was recently stemmed – apparently for good – by Israel and the US, the Islamic regime possesses arsenals of other weapons …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,354, November 17, 2025
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Over the past 44 years, Israel has used its intelligence and air force capabilities to attack and incapacitate the weapons-oriented nuclear programs of Iraq, Syria, and Iran. The following …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,339, March 31, 2025
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: While the Syrian chemical weapons program has been targeted and degraded since 2013, almost nothing has been done about Syria’s biological weapons program. The recent regime change in Syria …
Perspectives Paper No. 2,323, December 31, 2024
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The collapse of the Assad regime has returned the issue of Syrian chemical weapons to the fore. The international community now sees a favorable opportunity to root them out, provided that …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,112, August 3, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: More than a year and a half after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the way in which its causative virus first emanated remains unclear. While new viruses appearing …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,022, May 11, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The integration of intelligence and science will be the key to uncovering the genomic origin and direct source of the virus that sparked the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the Fact …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,021, May 11, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The WHO’s China-led international investigation into the origins of COVID-19 did not trace either the genomic derivation or the initial contraction of the virus that generated the pandemic. This …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,847, December 14, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: There has been a notable shift in thinking on the genomic origin and direct source of the virus that sparked the COVID-19 pandemic. While the possibility of a natural …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,795, November 2, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The vast, uninterrupted territory that contains North Korea, China, Pakistan, and Iran has greater geostrategic importance today than ever before. Of the two outermost countries of that territory, an …
