Strategic Assessment

In the coming months, Israel’s national leadership may need to decide whether or not to attack nuclear installations in Iran. This will be one of the most complex decisions since the establishment of Israel. The purpose of this article is to structure the discussion that will necessarily be held by the leadership as it sits down to reach a decision. The article is not designed to reach a particular conclusion, rather to point out the central questions that must be examined and start to sketch the considerations influencing the issues.