Scholarship

Studies in national security and diplomacy by Israeli and international experts. These studies advance a defense and diplomatic discourse that is realist, Zionist, and based on the best conservative strategic intellectual traditions.

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Saudi Arabia’s Black September

The key to avoiding a Saudi-style debacle in Israel is prior intelligence and seamless early warning systems.

Dr. Uzi Rubin
Scholarship 15.10.2019
Saudi Arabia
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Iraqi Government Fails to Rein in Iran-Backed Militias in Nineveh Province: Implications for Israel

Recent events in Iraq's Nineveh Province demonstrate the apparent helplessness of the Iraqi government in the face of Iran-backed Shia militias.

Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Scholarship 07.10.2019
Iraq
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The Missile War in Southern Arabia: Lessons for Israel

The weapons and tactics employed in Yemen today will be used against Israel tomorrow.

Dr. Uzi Rubin
Scholarship 17.09.2019
Yemen

Might at a Critical Moment

A National Security Policy Plan for Israel.
by the fellows of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.
September 2019

25.08.2019
National Security Plan 2019
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Next Steps in Sanctions against Iran

The US should focus on closing sanctions-bypassing channels (especially through Turkey and Qatar), and on eroding Iranian currency reserves. Use the massive legal judgments against Iran for its role in terrorism to hit the country’s currency reserves.

Dr. Udi Levi
Scholarship 13.08.2019
Iran
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Hizballah’s Deep State in Lebanon

Hizballah today controls the key nodes of power in Lebanon, while allowing the formal structures of the Lebanese state to exist – for its own benefit.

Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Scholarship 11.07.2019
Lebanon
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The Jordan-Israel Peace Treaty at 25: A Slightly Tarnished, but Still Important, Silver Anniversary

Twenty-five years after the signing of the Jordan-Israel peace treaty, the bilateral relationship is in a challenging phase, but nothing should obscure the crucial benefits strategic and security cooperation affords to both sides, and the centrality of the relations to each side’s national security.

Dr. Joshua Krasna
Scholarship 20.06.2019
Jordan

Israel’s Presence on the Golan Heights: A Strategic Necessity

The Golan Heights is Israel’s best northern defense line, especially since Iranian forces have moved into Syria. US recognition of Israel’s sovereignty on the Golan along with Israel’s military superiority ensure a secure border.

Professor Efraim Inbar
Scholarship 10.04.2019
Golan Heights

Armed Opposition Groups in Iran

Armed opposition groups emerging from the Kurdish, Baloch and Ahvazi Arab minorities have stepped-up attacks on regime assets in Iran. Tehran is responding by acting against these opponents, in Pakistan and Iraq and further afield. But these insurgencies are not capable by themselves of calling the regime’s viability into question, because of their relatively narrow bases of support.

Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Scholarship 12.03.2019
Iran

What Happens after the “Deal of the Century” is Tabled?

Whatever paradigm for peace is tabled by the Trump administration, no end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in sight. Managing the conflict for the long term – a somewhat fuzzy approach in need of constant reevaluation – is the only realistic way to do some good in the Israeli-Palestinian arena.

Professor Efraim Inbar
Scholarship 06.03.2019
Israeli Palestinian Conflict US Middle East Policy
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