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Prof. Efraim Inbar

(Ph.D. University of Chicago) Professor emeritus of political science at Bar-Ilan U. A veteran authority on the Arab-Israeli conflict and strategic developments in the Mideast. Expert on Israeli strategic doctrine, public opinion on national security issues, nuclear matters, U.S. Middle East policy, U.S.-Israel relations, Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy, and Israel-Turkey relations.

Assad Is Bad News

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 485, June 3, 2017

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Arguing that the continuation of Assad’s brutal regime is a vital Israeli interest does not make strategic sense. A Syria embroiled in a civil war has much less energy

Israel Is Still at War

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 459, May 4, 2017

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel just celebrated its sixty-ninth anniversary. Its citizens can be proud of its many impressive achievements, and particularly the building of a very strong military that has withstood many

The Burden of the 1967 Victory

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 440, April 5, 2017

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Considering the ways Israel’s opponents have changed over the decades, the collective yearning among Israelis for a decisive, 1967-style victory is unrealistic. The false hope for such success impedes

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