BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,136, August 26, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Iranian regime views Biden as a weak president who can be safely challenged. Greatly encouraged by the American debacle in Afghanistan, Iran’s new hardline president Ebrahim Raisi has …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,058, May 31, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The question of how to deter Hamas from starting another conflict has dominated recent discourse. Most observers ignore the fact that the terror group is an Iranian proxy, meaning …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,653, July 21, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The newly announced Iran-China 25 Year Comprehensive Partnership is unprecedented in its scope. It contains a “mystery clause” that gives China control over how Iran spends its resources, which …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,603, June 11, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran’s new anti-Israel legislation has banned all contact with the “Zionist enemy,” however indirect, even going so far as to criminalize the use of electronics that contain components manufactured …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,406, January 15, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Qassem Soleimani was emboldened by the US administration’s failure to respond to repeated Iranian efforts to destabilize the Persian Gulf—so much so that he felt it was safe to …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,349, November 19, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: President Trump’s ill-advised decision to withdraw from Syria should be viewed in the context of two broader developments. In terms of foreign policy, both the Republicans and the Democrats …
