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Worthy, but Unworkable
Emily Landau and Shimon Stein (Haaretz, February 3, 2012) contend that the idea of a Middle East nuclear weapons free zone as a way to resolve the Iranian nuclear challenge is not a viable option and does not address Iran's deceitful behavior or its belligerent stance.
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New INSS Insight: The “Revolutionary Parliament” and the New Governmental Order in Egypt
Yoram Meital (February 2, 2012) considers the challenges of governance and some of the leading issues on the national agenda awaiting the new Islamist-dominated parliament in Egypt.
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Can an Interim Agreement with Iran be Reached by July?
Ephraim Asculai (February 1, 2012) proposes certain steps that might be taken with Iran, if Tehran is truly interested in reaching an agreement with the West on the nuclear issue.
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Designing Disarmament Strategies: The Case of Hamas
Anat Kurz, with Margret Johannsen and Ghassan Khatib (in the volume Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East, published by Routledge, 2012) discusses the potential difficulties in disarming Hamas given the region's current political complexities.
Disarmament Efforts in the Region: Lesons from the Arms control and Regional Security Talks
Emily Landau and Dalia Dassa Kaye (in the volume Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East, published by Routledge, 2012) glean the lessons from the ACRS process of the 1990s relevant for arms control efforts today.
New INSS Insight: The Public Discussion of Israel’s Strategy regarding a Nuclear Iran
Shimon Stein, Shai Feldman, and Shlomo Brom (January 31, 2012) raise some of the leading issues that should inform any public debate regarding a potential military strike by Israel on Iran's nuclear facilities.
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A Real Debate about Iran
Shlomo Brom, Shai Feldman, and Shimon Stein (Foreign Policy, January 30, 2012) examine some of the most salient issues inherent in the Iranian nuclear threat.
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Crushing the Radical Axis
Benedetta Berti and Yoel Guzansky (National Interest, January 26, 2012) discuss how recent events in the Arab world help undermine the radical axis.
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A Europe-Iran War
Mark Heller (New York Times, January 25, 2012) suggests that the strong sanctions imposed by the EU against Iran, which could potentially prompt Iran to react militarily, indicate that Europe is indeed serious in ts resolve to block Iran's nuclear progress.


 
INSS Ranked among Top Think Tanks
INSS was the only think tank in Israel ranked as one of the fifty leading research institutes in the world in the field of security and international affairs, and for a fourth consecutive year, was ranked among the top five think tanks in the Middle East and North Africa in a survey conducted by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the Univ. of Pennsylvania.
Neubauer Research Fellowships 2012
Applications are now being accepted for the
Neubauer Research Fellowship program,
which engages students in part time positions as they complete their doctoral work. For
more information
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A Strategic Simulation on Iran
A simulation conducted at INSS on a scenario of Iran carrying out a nuclear test and the analytical discussions that followed were intended to add to the existing knowledge, ideas, and discourse on a nuclear Iran.
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