3 The Israel–Iran War: Israel’s New Strategic Opening Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 PART I: ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES VERSUS IRAN IN THE IRAN WAR 8 ISRAEL’S STRATEGIC CALCULUS Ran Segev 9 OPERATION RISING LION: A MILITARY PERSPECTIVE Eran Ortal 14 THE AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE OF ISRAEL DURING OPERATION RISING LION Uzi Rubin 20 WHAT CAN ISRAEL EXPECT FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON IRAN? Jonthan Rynhold 26 FROM ISRAEL’S USCENTCOM INTEGRATION TO OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER David Levi 30 PART II: OTHER PLAYERS’ REACTIONS TO THE WAR 34 HOWGLOBAL OILMARKETSMITIGATED THE THREAT TOTHE STRAITS OF HORMUZ Elai Rettig 35 MID-EAST MISSTEP: WHAT THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR REVEALS ABOUT CHINA’S STRATEGIC LIMITS Yoram Evron 37 MOSCOW, TRUMP, AND THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR Alexander Shpunt and Vladimir (Ze’ev) Khanin 41 CIRCLES OF CONFLICT AND DETERRENCE CONSIDERATIONS: DYNAMICS AMONG INDIA, PAKISTAN, IRAN AND ISRAEL IN AN ERA OF CONFLICTING STRATEGIES Prof. Lauren Dagan 44 PART III: THE REGIONAL ‘DAY AFTER’ 50 A 1967 MOMENT: THE PATH FORWARD AFTER THE IRAN WAR Shay Shabtai 51 RECENT BESA CENTER PUBLICATIONS 55
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