Posts by Dr. Yaacov Lifshitz on Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

The Locker Committee: A Preordained Failure

Perspectives Papers / By Dr. Yaacov Lifshitz

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 312

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Locker Committee called in its July report for significant reforms in the IDF’s budget. The 77-page document was dead-on-arrival. External probes like the Locker Committee are a poor substitute for rigorous …

Strategic and Economic Roles of Defense Industries in Israel

Perspectives Papers / By Dr. Yaacov Lifshitz

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 164

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Changing security conditions demand a revaluation of the strategic and economic roles of the Israeli defense industry. In its earlier years, the Israeli government sought to achieve self-sufficiency and reduced reliance on …