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Perspectives Papers

Perspectives Papers provide analysis from BESA Center research associates and other outside experts on the most important issues pertaining to Israel and the Middle East.

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The Futility of Operation Cast Lead

Prof. Stuart A. Cohen
February 16, 2009
Paper No. 68

A review of the strategic, operational, societal and diplomatic dimensions of Israel’s operation against Hamas in Gaza produces an overall audit that is far from favorable. "Deterrence" is not a strategic objective and "punishment" is not a tool of realpolitik. The operation threatens to backfire in several ways.

Israel in 2009: A One-Block State of the Right

Prof. Hillel Frisch
February 12, 2009
Paper No. 67

The Israeli election result this week confirms the emergence of a one-block, right-of-center dominant political reality in Israel; a fact that is likely to dominate for many years to come. Kadima’s electoral achievement is ephemeral.

An Offensive Strategy for Israel on the Second Battlefield: The Global Media

David Horovitz
February 5, 2009
Paper No. 66

Israel requires an offensive strategic information strategy, involving the establishment of a "second-battlefield" professional hierarchy with clear modes of operation, in order to overcome brutal media delegitimizing of Israel.

The Political Logic of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s Attacks on Israel

Dr. Gil Feiler
February 4, 2009
Paper No. 65

The Turkish prime minister's escalating attacks on Israel during Operation Cast Lead are a calculated gambit on Erdogan’s part aimed at changing the balance of power in Turkey between his ruling religious Islamist party and the opposing military establishment.

Why Time Is on Israel’s Side: A Long-Term Perspective on Israel’s Security Challenges

Dr. Max Singer
February 3, 2009
Paper No. 64

Despite the current Palestinian, Arab and Iranian threats, Israel’s generational prospects for peace and security as a Jewish and democratic country are quite good; assuming that America will act to roll-back the Islamic jihadist threat to Israel and the West over the next decade.

No to the Reconstruction of Gaza

Prof. Efraim Inbar
February 2, 2009
Paper No. 63

The developing international campaign to reconstruct Gaza is strategic folly; is unlikely to be effective; and, under current circumstances, in which Hamas inevitably will benefit from the global largess, is also immoral.

Obama and the Muslim Cold War

Prof. Hillel Frisch
January 28, 2009
Paper No. 62

Throughout the Middle East, deep Muslim political divide could stymie President Obama’s well-intentioned Mideast efforts. Mainstream Arab countries, like Israel, seek US resolve in confronting the Iranian-led axis, not an "outstretched American hand" to the radical part of the Muslim world.

The Domestic Dimension of Operation Cast Lead in Israel and in Gaza

Prof. Shmuel Sandler
January 26, 2009
Paper No. 61

The impending Israeli elections played a role in the decision to go on the offensive against Hamas; and this partially explains why the Israeli media was supportive of the war. For its part, Hamas completely misread the Israeli political mindset.

Egypt Is Not Going to Stop the Smuggling into Gaza

Prof. Efraim Inbar
January 22, 2009
Paper No. 60

Egypt does not mind if Hamas bleeds Israel a little; it gains domestically by indirectly aiding Hamas; gains internationally by playing a mediating role (in a conflict which it helps maintain on a "low flame"); and is incapable of stopping the Sinai Bedouins who smuggle weapons into Gaza.

Europe May Yet Long For George W. Bush

Rafael L. Bardají
January 18, 2009
Paper No. 59

Hatred of, and disdain for, George W. Bush was the European excuse for refusing American requests for diplomatic and military cooperation. How will Europe, which is in love with Obama, now justify saying no?

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