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Strategic Assessment

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Volume 1, No. 1

April 1998

The Return of the Russian Bear?

Shai Feldman

Change in Israeli Nuclear Policy?

Emily Landau

Strategic Partnership in Crisis: The American Jewish Community and Israel

Abraham Ben-Zvi

Islamic Terrorism in Egypt: The challenge and the response

Nachman Tal

Volume 1, No. 2

June 1998

The Iraqi Crisis - Lessons for Israel

Ephraim Kam

The Nuclear Tests in South Asia

Shai Feldman

Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism

Anat Kurz

An Information Revolution in the Middle East

Ariel T. Sobelman

Volume 1, No. 3

October 1998

The Iranian Threat: Cause for Concern, Not Alarm

Ephraim Kam

An Israel-United States Defense Pact?

Yair Evron

Public Opinion and Nuclear Weapons

Asher Arian

Long-Term Trends in the World Oil Market and Their Strategic Implications for Israel

Shmuel Even

Volume 1, No. 4

January 1999

US Involvement in Israeli-Palestinian Security Agreements: Why and Why Not

Mark A. Heller

Israel and the Cut-Off Treaty

Shai Feldman

Middle Eastern Terrorism In The International Arena

Anat Kurz

Diversifying Strategic Reliance: Broadening the Base of Israel's Sources of Strategic Support

Martin Sherman

Volume 2, No. 1

June 1999

An Agenda for the Barak Government

Shai Feldman

The Future of Strategic Relations Between Jordan and Israel

Ephraim Kam

Operation Desert Fox: Results and Ramifications

Shlomo Brom

Public Opinion on Lebanon and Syria, 1999

Asher Arian

Volume 2, No. 2

October 1999

The United States and Israel: the Netanyahu Era
Abraham Ben-Zvi

The Civil Defense Puzzle: When is Enough, Enough?
David Klein

The IDF toward the Year 2000
Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz

Volume 2, No. 3

December 1999

The Negotiations with Syria: Quo Vadis?

Shlomo Brom

The Motivation for Serving in the IDF: In the Mirror of Time

Reuven Gal

Europe And the Peace Process

Mark Heller

The Hamas and Terror: An Alternative Explanation for the Used Violence

Ori Slonim

Volume 2, No. 4

February 2000

Syria's National Security Concept in the Wake of a Peace Treaty with Israel

Ephraim Kam

Israel's Arms Control Agenda

Emily Landau and Tamar Malz

China's Security: Implications for Israel

Shai Feldman

Is Everyone an Enemy in Cyberspace

Ariel T. Sobelman

The Islamic Movement in Israel

Nachman Tal

Volume 3, No. 1

June 2000

After The Withdrawal: Three Scenarios

Shlomo Brom

Israel's Deterrent Power after its Withdrawal From Lebanon

Shai Feldman

Implications of the Withdrawal from Lebanon For Israeli-Palestinian Relations

Mark A. Heller

The Withdrawal from Lebanon and the Israeli Domestic Scene

Yehuda Ben Meir

Hizbullah at the Crossroads

Anat Kurz

Volume 3, No. 2

August 2000

The Security Concept of the Future Palestinian State

Ephraim Kam

Assessing the Israeli-Palestinian Balance of Power

Mark A. Heller

Scenarios of A Unilateral Declaration Of a Palestinian State

Uri Horowitz

Security Implications of Establishing a Palestinian State

Shlomo Brom

Volume 3, No. 3

November 2000

The October Violence: An Interim Assessment

Shai Feldman

The Arabs of Israel and the Palestinian State

Uri Horowitz

The Clinton Legacy in the Middle East: Preliminary Lessons

Abraham Ben Zvi

The Oil Market

Paul Rivlin

Volume 3, No. 4

January 2001

IDF Service - Where is it Going?

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gideon Sheffer

Camp David 2 and President Clinton's Bridging Proposals- The Palestinian View

Uri Horowitz

The Jordan Valley - An Area of Vital Security to Israel in A Changing World

Ephraim Kam

Fatah's Struggle for Institutionalization

Anat Kurz

Is the Jordan Valley Truly a Security Zone for Israel

Shlomo Brom

Volume 4, No. 1

April 2001

An Economic Agenda for the New Government

Imri Tov

An Agenda for Israel's Newly-Elected Government

Shai Feldman

Non-Lethal Weapons Theory, Practice, and what Lies Between

Ro'i Ben-Horin

The NMD /Arms Control Balance: A Message for the Middle East?

Emily Landau

Volume 4, No. 2

August 2001

Oslo, the Middle East, and the Clinton Years: Successes, Failures, and Lessons

Martin Inkyk

Arab-Israelis and the Events of October 2000: Trends and Attitudes toward the State of Israel

Uri Horowitz

The Withdrawal from Southern Lebanon: One Year Later

Shlomo Brom

Israeli Public Opinion in the Wake of the 2000-2001 Intifada

Asher Arian

Volume 4, No. 3

November 2001

The War on Terrorism: Questions and Complexities

Editor in Chief

The Second Intifada: A "Net Assessment"

Shai Feldman

The Many Faces of Unilateral Disengagement

Shlomo Brom

Dealing with the Foreign Media: The IDF Perspective

Giora Eiland

Israeli Natural Gas: The Economic and Strategic Significance

Shmuel Even

Volume 4, No. 4

February 2002

September 11: The Clash within Civilizations

Mark A. Heller

War against Terror: United We Stand?

Anat Kurz

The Bush Administration and the Middle East: In the Shadow of September 11

Abraham Ben-Zvi

Unilateral Arms Control? Post-11 September Trends in US Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Approaches

Emily Landau

The War against Terrorism and the Middle-East Coalition

Ephraim Kam

The War in Afghanistan - Lessons for Israel

Shlomo Brom

The Unseen Crash: Why Israel's Economic Forecasts Failed

Shmuel Even

Volume 5, No. 1

June 2002

Managing the Conflict with the Palestinians: Israel's Strategic Options

Shai Feldman

Limited-Term Agreement Vs. Unilateral Disengagement

Shlomo Brom

A Further Turn to the Right: Israeli Public Opinion on National Security - 2002

Asher Arian

Palestinian Public Opinion and the al Aqsa Intifada

Khalil Shikaki

Suicide Attacks: Israel and Islamic Terrorism

Nachman Tal

Volume 5, No. 2

August 2002

Target: Iraq

Ephraim Kam

Inspecting Iraq: An Action Agenda

Ephraim Asculai

Hizbollah Two Years after the Withdrawal - A Compromise between Ideology, Interests, and Exigencies

Daniel Sobelman

Tactical Hawks, Strategic Doves: The Positions of the Jewish Public in Israel on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Tamar Hermann

The Crisis in the Oslo Process through the Prism of Israeli Deterrence

Isaac Ben-Israel

Israel's Strategic Environment

Aharon Ze'evi

Volume 5, No. 3

November 2002

The Strike against Iraq: A Military Overview

Shlomo Brom

The Institutional Regression of the Palestinian Authority

Anat Kurz

Europe vs. Terror - Too Little, Too Late

Uzi Eilam

Egypt's Nuclear Dilemma

Emily B. Landau

The IAEA Additional Protocol: Improving the International Safeguards Regime

Ephraim Asculai

Volume 5, No. 4

February 2003

Dilemmas Facing the Second Sharon Government

Shai Feldman

Saddam: The Morning After

Ephraim Kam

International Forces in an Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

Shlomo Brom

Israel's Need for an Information Strategy

Hirsh Goodman

Artificial Islands off the Gaza Coast

Shmuel Even, Shlomo Gartner, Dov Kehat

Volume 6, No. 1

May 2003

The Nuclear Dimension of "Axis of Evil": Different Strategies for Different Threats

Emily B. Landau and Ram Erez

The Decline of WMD Non-Proliferation Regimes

Ephraim Asculai

Economy in a Prolonged Conflict: Israel 2000-2003
Imri Tov
The Age of Non-Conventional Terrorism

Yoram Schweitzer

Volume 6, No. 2

September 2003

The "Trans-Atlantic Rift," Iraq, and Israel

Mark A. Heller

Iran Under Pressure

Ephraim Kam

"New Terrorism": New Challenges, Old Dilemmas

Anat Kurz

September 11, Two Years Later

Yoram Schweitzer

Who are the Palestinian Suicide Terrorists?

Shaul Kimhi and Shmuel Even

Israel's National Security Agenda in the Coming Year

Efraim Halevy

Volume 6, No. 3

November 2003

A Roadmap Leading Nowhere: The Israeli-Palestinian Impasse

Mark A. Heller

The War in Iraq: An Intelligence Failure?

Shlomo Brom

Israeli Intelligence on Iraq: Sound Professional Assessment

Ephraim Kam

Israel’s Information Policy During the Iraq War

Hirsh Goodman

Volume 6, No. 4

November 2003

A National Moment of Truth?

Shai Feldman

The Security Fence: Solution or Stumbling Block?

Shlomo Brom

The Geneva Accords: A Step Forward in the Wrong Direction? Volume 7, No. 1

Moty Cristal

Changing the Strategy to Combat Terrorism

Ron Ben-Yishai

The NPT and Nuclear Proliferation: Matching Expectations to Current Realities

Emily B. Landau

Europe's Eastward Expansion: The Challenge for Israel

Uzi Eilam

Volume 7, No. 1

May 2004

Israel-Syria Negotiations: A Real Possibility?

Shlomo Brom

Neutralizing Terrorism-Sponsoring States: The Libyan "Model"

Yoram Schweitzer

In Search of a Role: New European Efforts to Counter Nuclear Proliferation

Ram Erez

Satellite Technology in the Middle East

Yiftah Shapir

The Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions

Shmuel Limone

Volume 7, No. 2

August 2004

The Disengagement Plan: Political and Security Ramifications

Shlomo Brom

Disengagement, the "Seam" Zone, and Alternative Conflict Management

Shaul Arieli

Exceeding the Boundaries: The Parliamentary Report on Israel's Intelligence System

Ephraim Kam

Four Years after the Withdrawal from Lebanon: Refining the Rules of the Game

Daniel Sobelman

Technology in the Fight against Terrorism

Uzi Eilam

A Response to the Critics of the Geneva Accord

Menachem Klein

Volume 7, No. 3

December 2004

Curbing the Iranian Nuclear Threat: The Military Option

Ephraim Kam

The Unilateral Withdrawal: A Security Error of Historical Magnitude

Yaakov Amidror

Economic Ramifications of the Disengagement Plan

Imri Tov

Preventing the Proliferation of Biological Weapons: Situation Overview and Recommendations for Israel

David Friedman

Israel's Defense Industry in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

Sharon Sadeh

Volume 7, No. 4

March 2005

The Disengagement: An Ideological Crisis

Yehuda Ben Meir

The Election of Abu Mazen and the Next Stage in Israeli-Palestinian Relations

Mark A. Heller

Israel and NATO: Opportunities and Risks

Zaki Shalom

The Recent American Intelligence Failures

Ephraim Kam

Non-Conventional Terrorism: Availability and Motivation

Anat Kurz

Volume 8, No. 1

June 2005

The Disengagement Plan: The Day After

Shlomo Brom

A Turning Point? The National Dialogue between Fatah and Hamas

Danny Rubinstein

Hizbollah after the Syrian Withdrawal

Daniel Sobelman

Toward a Final Settlement in Jerusalem: Redefinition rather than Partition

Shaul Arieli

Volume 8, No. 2

August 2005

"Two Roads Diverged": Israel's Post-Disengagement Strategic Options

Shlomo Gazit

Underlying the Disengagement Plan

Zaki Shalom

Disengagement Offshoots: Strategic Implications for Israeli Society

Meir Elran

Open Questions apropos the Disengagement

Shlomo Brom

Disengagement and Israeli Deterrence

Yair Evron

Disengagement Plan Chronology

The Effects of Disengagement on Palestinian Politics and Society

Shalom Harari and Mark A. Heller

The Primacy of Regional Transformation: US Strategy in the Post-Disengagement Era

Eran Lerman

New (Im)Balances: American Policy after the Disengagement

Roni Bart

Volume 8, No. 3

November 2005

Israel and the Middle East, 2005: A Strategic Overview

Aharon Ze'evi (Farkash)

Iran's Efforts to Conquer Space

Yiftah S. Shapir

Iran's Nuclear Program and Negotiations with the EU-3

Emily B. Landau and Ephraim Asculai

The Defense Budget Debate, Yet Once More

Imri Tov

Volume 8, No. 4

February 2006

Preliminary Observations on Hamas’ Victory
Mark A Heller
Managing the Conflict: The Next Stage
Giora Eiland
The Changing Face of the IDF: The Security Agenda and the Ballot Box
Alex Fishman
Marching Johnny Home: Evacuating the American Forces from Iraq
Ephraim Kam
Post-Elections Assessment: The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt's Parliament
Ayellet Yehiav

Volume 9, No. 1

April 2006

Hamas's Victory and Israel's Dilemma

Mark A. Heller

Hamas: The Agony of Victory

Shaul Mishal

Fatah's Electoral Defeat: The End of Inertia

Anat Kurz

"The Pentagon's Revenge" or Strategic Transformation: The Bush Administration's New Security Strategy

Chuck Freilich

The United States and the Iranian Nuclear Challenge: Inadequate Alternatives, Problematic Choices

Udi Evental

From the Uranium Mines to Nuclear Weapons

Ephraim Asculai

Iran's Strategic Missiles

Yiftah S. Shapir

What if the United States Fails in Iraq

Roni Bart

The Military Battle against Terrorism: Direct Contact vs. Standoff Warfare

Gabriel Siboni

Volume 9, No. 2

August 2006

Israeli Government Policy and the War's Objectives

Yehuda Ben Meir

Israel’s Home Front: A Key Factor in the Confrontation with Hizbollah

Meir Elran

Artillery Rockets: Should Means of Interception be Developed?

Yiftah Shapir

The Ayatollah, Hizbollah, and Hassan Nasrallah

Ephraim Kam

The Ethnic Conflict in Lebanon and the Future Status of Hizbollah

Aiman Mansour

Hizbollah and the Morning After: Guerilla, Terror, and Psychological Warfare

Yoram Schweitzer

Reactions in the Arab World: Blurring the Traditional Lines

Emily Landau

Possible Resolutions to the Conflict in the North

Shlomo Brom

Deterrence and its Limitations

Yair Evron

Israel’s Conflicts with Hizbollah and Hamas: Are They Parts of the Same War?

Mark A. Heller

Dispelling Beliefs: The War in Lebanon as a Test Case

Zaki Shalom

Back to Ground Rules: Some Limitations of Airpower in the Lebanon War

Noam Ophir

The Crisis in Lebanon: An Interim Assessment

Zvi Shtauber

Volume 9, No. 3

November 2006

Anti-War

Ofer Shelah

Breaking the Amoeba's Bones

Ron Tira

The Second Lebanon War: The Plus Column

Roni Bart

Look Not to the Skies: The IAF vs. Surface-to-Surface Rocket Launchers

Noam Ophir

The Operational Aspects to Fighting the Qassam

Gabriel Siboni

Hizbollah vs. the IDF: The Operational Dimension

Amir Kulick

Hizbollah's Primary Agent of Change: The Role of the Lebanese Army

Dani Berkovich

Failed Tactical Intelligence in the Lebanon War

Yoaz Hendel

Volume 9, No. 4

March 2007

Doesn't Hizbollah Brake at Red Lights?

Dani Berkovich

The Israeli-Palestinian Arena: Straddling Escalation and Calm

Anat Kurz

The US: New Congress; New Atmosphere; New Policy?

Roni Bart

Changes in Iran's Strategic Posture

Ephraim Kam

Developments on the North Korean Nuclear Axis: Parallels with Iran?

Ephraim Asculai and Emily B. Landau

Renewed Negotiations with Syria: Currently Not in Israel's Interest

Giora Eiland

A Critical Look at Intelligence

Aharon Ze’evi (Farkash)

Defense Export Control in 2007: State of Affairs

Uzi Eilam

Arab Culture in the Eyes of the West

Yoaz Hendel and Aiman Mansour

Command in the IDF

Gabriel Siboni

"Anti-War": Has the IDF Really Lost Its Ability to Win Wars?

Yehuda Wegman

Volume 10, No. 1

June 2007

The Palestinian Unity Government: What Next?

Shlomo Brom

Iran's Nuclear Advances: The Politics of Playing with Time

Emily B. Landau

The Changing Nature of War: Six New Challenges

Giora Eiland

Conceptual Flaws on the Road to the Second Lebanon War

Zaki Shalom and Yoaz Hendel

The Israeli Body Politic: Views on Key National Security Issues

Yehuda Ben Meir and Dafna Shaked

Is al-Qaeda Closing In?

Yoram Schweitzer

Israel and American Aid: Continue Forward or Reverse Course

Roni Bart

From Missouri to Natanz: US Global Strike Capability

Noam Ophir

The Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty: An Interim Report

Ephraim Asculai

From Gaza to Lebanon and Back

Gabriel Siboni

International Social Welfare? Socioeconomic Aspects of the Economic Crisis in the Palestinian Authority

Amir Kulick

Volume 10, No. 2

August 2007

Turning Our Back on the Civilian Front
Meir Elran

Wars Aren't Waged in the Summer? How Israel and Syrian Might Find Themselves at War
Dani Berkovich

The Syrian Army Buildup
Yiftah Shapir

A Distorted Self-Image: On the IDF and its Responsibility for Civilians

Yehuda Wegman

IDF Special Units: Their Purpose and Operational Concept
Yoaz Hendel

Command and Authority in the IDF: The Winograd Challenge

Gabriel Siboni

Israel vs. the Palestinians: Limitations of Dialogue and the Thrust of Force
Roni Bart

At the End of the Day, Hamas Too
Yoram Schweitzer and Amir Kulick

Sino-Israel Relations: Opportunities and Challenges
Yoram Evron

Saudi-Israel Dialogue: What Lies Ahead?
Sarah Yizraeli

Back to the Future on Iran: A Problematic Return to Negotiations
Emily B. Landau

How Powerful is the Iranian "Oil Weapon"?
Nizan Feldman

Turkey vs. the Kurds in Northern Iraq: Approaching Military Intervention?
Gallia Lindenstrauss

Volume 10, No. 3

December 2007

The Road from Annapolis
Shlomo Brom

Entanglement in Iraq: Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Ephraim Kam

Syria, September 6: Sharpening Questions and Dilemmas
Emily B. Landau

The National Emergency Authority: New Prospects or More of the Same?
Meir Elran

Seven Years Later: The Israel-Palestinian Conflict – An Interim Assessment

Anat Kurz

Lebanon 2007: Old Realities, New Uncertainties
Daniel Sobelman

The Next War with Hizbollah
Amir Kulick

It's the Economy, Syria
Nizan Feldman

The End to Aggressive Promotion of Democracy
Roni Bart

The Sub-Conventional Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: A Challenge in Search of a Realistic Response
Yoram Schweitzer

China’s Anti-Terrorism Policy
Yoram Evron

Comments: On Command, Authority, and Responsibility in the IDF
Yehuda Ben Meir

Comments: On Command, Authority, and Responsibility in the IDF - A Response to Yehuda Ben Meir
Gabriel Siboni

Volume 10, No. 4

February 2008

The Winograd Report: For the Drawing Board, not the Shelf
Meir Elran

Gaza: And the Wall Came Tumbling Down

Shlomo Brom

Defense of the Home Front in the Gaza Periphery: Examining the National Investment

David Klein

High Trajectory Weapons and Guerilla Warfare: Adjusting Fundamental Security Concepts

Gabriel Siboni

The Struggle for Situation Awareness in the IDF

Yehuda Wegman

The Threat to Ground Maneuver as a Deciding Element

Giora Segal

The Reserves Comeback

Yoaz Hendel

The Impact of the NIE: Assessing International Reactions

Emily B. Landau

The Implications of the National Intelligence Estimate

Ephraim Asculai

The Power of Petroeuros: The EU-3 vs. Iran

Nizan Feldman

Action, Not Words: Principal Trends in Palestinian Public Opinion of 2007

Amir Kulick

Twenty Years since the Intifada: The Palestinian Arena, Then and Now

Michael Milstein

American Troops in Iraq: Whither the Republican Minority

Roni Bart

The Core of the Matter: US Doctrine on Nuclear Weapons Use, 1988-2008

Noam Ophir

The Returm of Russia under Putin

Arnon Gutfeld

Moving Ahead in Cyprus, Looking Back at the Failure of the Annan Plan

Gallia Lindenstrauss

Volume 11, No. 1

June 2008

Negotiations with Syria

Converging Interests: Essential, but not Enough
Aluf Benn

Is There Really a Window of Opportunity?
Shlomo Brom

Principal Lessons of the Major Home Front Exercise: Turning Point (2) for the Civilian Front?
Meir Elran

Information Security and Public Diplomacy: Lessons from the Past, a Look at the Future
Hirsh Goodman

Proposed Legislation on the IDF: Authority, Responsibility, and Civil-Military Relations
Shmuel Even and Zvia Gross

Disputed Waters: Use of the Mountain Aquifer
Aharon-David Copperman

Under the Microscope? The Palestinian Commission of Inquiry into the Hamas Takeover of Gaza
Amir Kulick

John McCain and Barack Obama: The Middle East and Israel
Limor Simhony and Roni Bart

Unraveling the New Nuclear Disarmament Agenda: Between Vision and Reality
Emily B. Landau and Noam Ophir

How Green was My Dollar: Increased US Dependence on the Gulf States?
Nizan Feldman

A Threefold Cord is not Readily Broken: North Korea’s Military Bond with Iran and Syria
Yoram Evron

Victims of Friendly Fire: The Winograd Commission vs. the Citizens of Israel
Gabriel Siboni

Book Review: The Nuclear Network of Abdul Qadeer Khan
Noam Ophir

Volume 11, No. 2

November 2008

The Third Lebanon War: Target Lebanon
Giora Eiland

The Next War with Hizbollah: Should Lebanon be the Target?
Yossi Kuperwasser

Adapting the Laws of War to Low Intensity Warfare
Erez Zaionce and Roni Bart

From Territorial to Social Agendas: A Different Look at the Settlements
Aluf Benn

Two States for Two Peoples: A Vision Rapidly Eroding
Zaki Shalom

Russia in the 2008 International Arena
Oded Eran

Military Action against Iran: The Iranian Perspective
Ephraim Kam

It’s a Long Road to Peace with Syria: From the Second Lebanon War to Peace Overtures in Ankara
Eyal Zisser

The PA: An Authority without Authority
Ephraim Lavie

Iraq: Just Another Milestone in the War against al-Qaeda
Yoram Schweitzer and Gaia Sciaky

Book Review
Noam Ophir

Volume 11, No. 3

January 2009

Operation Cast Lead, January 2009: An Interim Assessment
Shlomo Brom

Memorandum to the Prime Minister
Oded Eran

Looking Ahead to Direct Talks between the United States and Iran
Ephraim Kam

Sino-American Relations and the New Administration
Yoram Evron

The House is on Fire: NATO ’s Regional Security Dialogue and Iran’s Power Projection
Emanuel Adler

The Annapolis Process: A Profit-Loss Balance Sheet
Shlomo Brom

Syria and the Global Jihad: A Dangerous Double Game
Amir Kulick and Yoram Schweitzer

The Future of the IAEA Safeguards System
Ephraim Asculai

The National Security Staff: Will the New Law Bring About Change?
Shmuel Even

Volume 11, No. 4

February 2009

Special Issue - Operation Cast Lead

Civil-Military Processes and Results of the Campaign

Giora Eiland

Operation Cast Lead: The Diplomatic Dimension

Oded Eran

The Civilian Front: Proper Functioning in Face of a Limited Challenge

Meir Elran

Operation Cast Lead and International Law

Robbie Sabel

Political Dimensions and Public Opinion

Yehuda Ben Meir

The Test of Public Diplomacy

Hirsh Goodman

The Palestinian System

Shlomo Brom

Between Hamas and Fatah

Anat Kurz

Hamas' Weapons

Yiftah Shapir

Hizbollah and the Palestinians

Amir Kulick

Ramifications for Local Terrorist Organizations

Yoram Schweitzer

Regional Implications

Ephraim Kam

Egypt's Regional Position Revisited

Emily B. Landau

Deterrence: The Campaign against Hamas

Yair Evron

Decision against a Terrorist Organization? A Case Study

Zaki Shalom

Volume 12, No. 1

June 2009

 Nuclear Legislation for Israel
Avner Cohen
Warfare – Morality – Public Relations: Proposals for Improvement

Roni Bart
Israel’s Strategy of Unilateral Withdrawal
Shmuel Even
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Situation Assessment for 2008-2009
Eran Etzion
A Reversal in Israel-EU Relations?
Oded Eran
Israel and Egypt: What Went Wrong?
Shlomo Gazit
The Mouse and the Lion: Syria – Between Passive and Active Resistance to Israel
Eyal Zisser
Shifting Tectonic Plates: Basic Assumptions on the Peace Process Revisited
Ron Tira

Volume 12, No. 2

August 2009

The Promise and Perils of Engagement

Mark A. Heller

The Iranian Nuclear Program: Waiting for Obama

Ephraim Kam

Iran's Ballistic Missiles

Yiftah S. Shapir

Battling for Consciousness

Yossi Kuperwasser

Palestinian Duality: Territories, Governments, Agendas

Ephraim Lavie

The Lebanese Paliamentary Elections: Back to the Future?
Benedetta Berti

Guardians of a Tense Peace: US Combat Forces in Iraq

Clint ZumBrunnen

Russia in the Middle East: An Unlikely Comeback

Olena Bagno

Killing Pakistan from Within

Meirav Mishali-Ram

Volume 12, No. 3

November 2009

De!ning the Enemy in an Asymmetrical Confrontation: The Case of the Second Lebanon War

Zaki Shalom

Economic Peace: Theory versus Reality 

Nizan Feldman

Israel's Arms Sales to India 

Yiftah Shapir

Fewer Gestures, More Substance: Possible Developments along the Israeli-Palestinian Track

Shlomo Brom

The Sixth Fatah Convention: Formal Changes Only

Anat Kurz

Partial Agreements with the Palestinians 

Shlomo Brom, Giora Eiland, and Oded Eran

Compromising on a Nuclear Iran  

Yoel Guzansky

If Iran, then Israel? Competing Nuclear Norms in the Middle East

Emily B. Landau

The Internal Crisis in Iran: Looking Back, Looking Ahead  

Ephraim Kam

Hizbollah Espionage against Israel

Amir Kulick.

 
  
 

Volume 12, No. 4

February 2010

Countdown to the Iranian Bomb

Ephraim Kam and Ephraim Asculai

The Internet in Iran: More Freedom in the Country?

Tal Pavel

Israel's Defense Expenditure

Shmuel Even

The Challenge of al-Muqawama (Resistance) to Israel

Michael Milstein

Between Settlement and Crisis: The Next Round of the Palestinian Issue

Ephraim Lavie

The "Rebirth" of Hizbollah: Analyzing the 2009 Manifesto

Benedetta Berti

Obama's Afghanistan-Pakistan Policy: Challenges and Objectives

Yoram Schweitzer and Sean London

The Big Game: The Great Powers in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Zvi Magen and Olena Bagno-Moldavsky

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Volume 13, No. 1

July 2010.

Israel's Natural Gas Resources: Economic and Strategic Significance

Shmuel Even

US-Israel Relations: Approaching a Turning Point?
Zaki Shalom

Israel and the US: That Bad?

Oded Eran

A Military Attack on Iran? Considerations for Israeli Decision Making

Ron Tira

Turning Point 4: The National Civilian Front Exercise

Meir Elran

Syria's Return to Lebanon: The Challenge of the Lebanese State and the Role of Hizbollah

Daniel Sobelman

Beyond the Nuclear and Terror Threats: The Conventional Military Balance in the Gulf

Yoel Guzansky

 Volume 13, No. 2

August 2010

Israel's National Security Concept: New Basic Terms in the Military-Security Sphere

Shay Shabtai

Unusually Quiet: Is Israel Deterring Terrorism?

Jonathan Schachter

Israel and the CTBT

Alon Bar

The Failed State: Ramifications for Israel's Strategic Environment

Yoel Guzansky and Amir Kulick

The Iranian Nuclear Issue: The US Options

Ephraim Kam

The EU's Nonproliferation Strategy: Iran as a Test Case

Elisa Oezbek

Russian Arms Exports to the Middle East: A Means or an End?

Zvi Magen, Yiftah Shapir, and Olena Bagno-Moldavsky




 
Seminar in Memory of Ze'ev Schiff
"Intelligence and Public Diplomacy in Israel": Sunday, September 5 at 5:00 P.M. at INSS.
Click here to watch the live broadcast on the INSS website.
Strategic Assessment - August 2010
Terminology for Israel's national security concept; deterring terrorism; Israel and the CTBT; failed states; US options on Iran; the EU and nonproliferation; Russian arms exports to the Middle East
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