BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,859, December 29, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Israel Defense Forces’ Tactical Command College (TCC), the Israeli equivalent of the West Point military academy, is increasingly shaping the professional cadre of the Israeli military’s ground forces …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,796, November 2, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Turkish lira sank to a record low on October 22—a new blow for the Turkish economy, which has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The Islamist government led …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,783, October 22, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: As the State of Israel continues to face intertwined health, economic, and political crises simultaneously, the IDF has been left without a new defense budget. Nevertheless, it is taking …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,724, September 1, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel takes Jerusalem’s cooperation with Sunni Arab states out of the shadows. A boost to regional stability, the agreement …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,686, August 11, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Momentum, the IDF’s ambitious new multi-year force build-up program, will require a long-term budget framework if it is to achieve its goals—but clouds of uncertainty have gathered around it …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,634, July 9, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: As Hamas weighs its response to the application of Israeli sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, it continues to raise a terror army, build up its rocket arsenal, …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,582, May 26, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz officially took up his position as defense minister a week ago. His first challenges will be to wage a bitter struggle …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,572, May 19, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The IDF has assigned a new role to an elite naval commando unit to apply its special skills and training to assist civilians in the fight against the coronavirus …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,540, April 26, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The coronavirus pandemic has turned into a serious challenge for the Iran-backed Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah, placing the world’s most heavily equipped non-state armed group under strain. Nevertheless, recent …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,507, March 27, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The coronavirus pandemic has hit Iran hard, and not only on the health front. The virus is the latest in a succession of blows to the Iranian regime’s domestic …
