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Operation Roaring Lion

Iran Between Internal Stability and External Pressure

This paper analyzes how Iran’s internal arena shapes regime decision-making during the war. The findings...

Doha’s Double Media Game

During the war, Qatar’s media networks have adopted narratives aligned with Iran while framing Israel...

Are the Houthis More Ideological or More Pragmatic?

After staying out of the conflict for nearly a month, the Houthis’ limited strikes against...

Taking Away Iran’s Tools of Extortion

With regime collapse uncertain, the campaign’s success hinges on a narrower aim: dismantling Iran’s capacity...

From Agranat to October 7: Why Israel Needs an Independent National Intelligence Oversight Body

The erosion of internal red-team mechanisms and the persistence of groupthink demand a new model...

Islamabad’s Hour

Pakistan’s Mediation Efforts to Bring to End the War in the Middle East...

Operation Roaring Lion: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

Three weeks into the campaign, a clear strategy is taking shape: demolition of Iran’s nuclear,...

Influence Operations Disguised as Cyber Operations

The Handala Hacking Group as a Case Study of Iran’s Cyber Proxy Strategy During the...

Iran’s Mosaic Defense Faces Its Real Test

Shaped by the lessons of Iraq’s 2003 collapse, Tehran’s decentralized doctrine has kept the regime...

New Delhi’s Strategic Caution on the Iran Crisis

While India’s opposition accuses Modi of abandoning the nation’s foundational foreign policy principles—notably through his...

The Energy Dimension of the Iran War

Iran’s effort to weaponize energy is raising costs across the Gulf, disrupting global markets, and...

The Case for Legal Reform in the IDF

The war has exposed a troubling pattern of legal encroachment on the battlefield, with the...

From Friend to Foe: Is Qatar Changing its Approach To Iran Following Tehran’s Strikes Against It?

True to its traditional approach, Qatar has not burned its bridges with Iran; its anger...

Operation “Roaring Lion” – An Interim Assessment

Iran’s future remains uncertain, and the assumption that the Iranian public could overthrow the ayatollahs...

The IDF Needs to Return to Its Core Values

What soldiers need is a clear and simple compass rooted in the IDF’s original core...

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The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS) is an independent research institute engaged in policy-oriented research in the field of foreign and security policy. The institute was established at the end of 2017 with the aim of expressing a realistic worldview, and promoting policies that will keep Israel strong and lead to stable political arrangements. The institute insists on the importance of a united Jerusalem as a foundation for the security of the state and the national identity of the people living in Zion.

The institute provides political advice to the country’s leaders and bodies in charge of foreign and security policy. From time to time the institute publishes a situation assessment and a political-security plan. Also, the institute raises awareness of the security dilemmas of the State of Israel in the world and in the public in Israel through seminars, seminars and international conferences.

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