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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.

Eastern Jerusalem: End of an Intermediate Era

The struggle for sovereignty in Jerusalem has transitioned from the "Jerusalem of Above" – in...

The Strategic Importance of Jerusalem

Israel’s control of Jerusalem provides strategic depth for the coastal plain; vitally links the coast...

Israeli Strategic Building to Counter Palestinian Building and Expansion

Israeli settlement in Judea and Samaria must be renewed as a means of imposing costs...

Israel’s Security Dilemma: Prepare for Full-Scale War or a Series of Limited Wars?

Which type of war should Israel prepare for: Full-scale war against state armies, or a...

After the Debacle: Obstacles and Opportunities for Kurdish Independence

The recent referendum on Kurdish statehood is an unmitigated failure and seems to have set...

Mind-blowing European Union chutzpa

Israel shouldn’t pay the EU one red cent of “compensation” for dismantling illegally-built EU settlements...

The Kurdish Referendum – A Strategic Mistake

It would have been better for the Kurds to settle for strengthening their autonomous region...

How Trump and Netanyahu can transform peace diplomacy

By tabling creative coexistence proposals, pushing core issues to the top of the agenda, suggesting...

Between Pyongyang and Tehran: The Need for Urgent Action against Iran

The Iranian situation is both more urgent and more malleable than the almost hopeless situation...

Hamas Security Has Beards, Fatah Doesn’t: Why Real PA Unity Won’t Happen

Only a showdown can decide between Hamas and Fatah rule, with one side totally victorious...

Western Wall unity

More than one million Jewish pilgrims flocked to Jerusalem’s Western Wall during the High Holiday...

Netanyahu’s strategic achievements

Netanyahu has driven Israel forward on the basis of a coherent strategic worldview and improved...

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