BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 386
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Chemical weapons (CW) continue to be employed frequently in Syria and Iraq. While the scale of attacks has been relatively minor so far, the possibility remains that the Islamic State (IS) might …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 344, June 7, 2016
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Syrian regime unleashed full military grade chemical weapons against IS several weeks ago, a move that occasioned little response from the wider world. The assault demonstrated that the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 322
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The risk of ISIS employing chemical, biological, and radiological warfare agents is real. In fact, ISIS already has attacked with chemical agents. ISIS has mobilized Iraqi and Syrian scientists who are assisting …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 305, August 7, 2015
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The reluctance of the international community to act forcibly regarding undeclared Syrian chemical weapon capabilities is a very bad sign. It raises doubts about full implementation of intelligence-gathering operations …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 252
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: June 30 marks the due date for the complete disarmament of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal. Although Assad may have relinquished the majority of his chemical weapons stockpile, the regime most probably …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 239
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Efforts to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons capability are running months behind schedule because the Syrian president is playing games with international inspectors. Moreover, it is far from clear that the 1,300 …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 214
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Implementing chemical disarmament in Syria will be an enormous challenge, and the prospects for accomplishing it are doubtful. Appreciable portions of the chemical weapons arsenal have been trans-located, in part untraceably. …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 177
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel has good reason to fear that Syria’s chemical and biological weapons arsenal could fall into the wrong hands – to terrorist elements within Syria, to an even more hostile Syrian regime, …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 174
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: At what point will Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons necessitate Western military action against it? What would constitute the proverbial crossing of a “red line”? Would it be an authoritative order by …
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