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Our articles deliver clear, research-based analysis on strategy and security in Israel and the wider Middle East. Written by experts with years of practical and academic experience, these articles address pressing issues such as regional conflicts, defense policies, intelligence trends, and shifting alliances. Each article aims to provide readers with actionable insights and a better understanding of how local events connect to global dynamics. This knowledge empowers policymakers, researchers, and the public to interpret unfolding realities.

Who Calls the Shots in Iran?

Power in Tehran now rests with the IRGC, as an incapacitated Mojtaba Khamenei and a...

Operation Roaring Lion – Scenarios and Policy Considerations

From Israel’s perspective, the preferred outcome is a new regional order, while U.S. disengagement represents...

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...

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