BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,497, March 22, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: After a year of planning, including a thorough and at times painful “self MRI scan,” the IDF has set itself the target of creating a networked force that can …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,477, March 10, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The killing by US drone strike of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani on January 3 has the potential to seriously dent Iran’s malign activity in the Middle East …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,461, February 27, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Following recent rocket fire, Israel cannot tolerate “the rules of the game” that Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is trying to impose on it, and the objective of reaching a …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,430, January 30, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: While few in Israel expect a major escalation to follow Trump’s announcement of the “Deal of the Century”, the IDF is conducting ongoing situation assessments to keep its finger …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,397, January 9, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Tehran doesn’t want outright war. It is sticking to the long game in its goal of ejecting US forces from the region and completing its takeover of neighboring Iraq.…
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,337, November 6, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel seeks to prevent a powder keg from detonating on the southern border as it prioritizes the more threatening front up north.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad—the second-largest armed terror faction …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,335, November 4, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The latest upheaval in northeastern Syria caused by Turkey’s invasion, and the division of the Syrian plunder among Turkey, the Assad regime, and Russia, presents Iran with new avenues …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,334, November 3, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The next Israeli government will have to make critical decisions on urgent security challenges stemming from multiple arenas simultaneously. It will also have to waste no time in securing …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,290, September 16, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A shadow war raging between the Iranian-led radical Shiite axis and Israel has become public in recent weeks. This conflict is driven by Israel’s determination to prevent Iran from …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,250, August 9, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel’s shadow war in Syria is based on the strategic objective of convincing the Islamic Republic that its investment in a war machine is going to waste. Iran has …
