BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,029, December 6, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Time and again in recent decades, Iran has used its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to attempt to deprive Israel of calm borders with its neighbors. As this problem is …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 986, October 24, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Europeโs attitude towards Iran, particularly with respect to the 2015 nuclear deal (the JCPOA) and related ballistic issues, is hard to understand. A collective desire to defy the US, …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 968, October 7, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The full spectrum of toxic substances dealt with at the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) is unknown. Alongside typical chemical warfare agents, snake venoms are an additional …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 945, September 12, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran and North Korea are faced with similar challenges posed by the US, particularly since the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jung-un and President Trump. The recent visit …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 912, August 3, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A peculiar chronology can be spotted when examining the milestones marking the history of the development and use of persistent nerve agents around the world. Coincidentally or …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 887, July 9, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The summit that took place in Singapore in June 2018 between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un likely had a significant impact on the Pyongyang-Tehran nexus. Given …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 879, July 1, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In an unprecedented television interview on May 30, Syrian President Bashar Assad made detailed comments about his armyโs alleged non-use of chemical weapons (CW). Referring to the (confirmed) employment …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 816, April 30, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The chemical weapons (CW) possessed and employed by Syria since it undertook to completely get rid of them have become an increasingly tangled web over the past year. This …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 792, April 10, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The recent poisoning on British soil of Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military intelligence officer who acted as a double agent for the UK’s intelligence services, and his daughter …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 729, January 31, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Because of Russian antagonism, 2018 might see a termination of investigations by an internationally authorized apparatus into chemical weapons (CW) attacks in Syria. There is a tight, if indirect, …
