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  • Professor Efraim Inbar

The West’s Fear of Escalation Is Not Helpful

Western attitudes view the use of force as uncivilized and anachronistic; Middle Easterners see it...
Nasrallah
  • Professor Efraim Inbar

Is Trump Good for Israel?

Israel must carefully navigate U.S. politics to maintain bipartisan support and avoid the appearance of...
DONALD J. TRUMP
  • Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman

Iranian Subversive Efforts in Jordan: A Strategic Threat Requiring a Robust Response

Against the background of Hamas' ongoing war with Israel (and the expressions of support for...
Jordanian King Abdullah II
  • Mr. Alexander Grinberg

Iranian Subversion Tools in the South Caucasus

The Islamic Republic employs Shia proxies in Azerbaijan and the Church in Armenia to further...
Iran- Azerbaijan military drill
  • Prof. Eytan Gilboa

Indict Iran at the International Court of Justice in The Hague

Tehran’s repeated statements that Israel should be ‘wiped off the map, its clock counting down...
April 14, 2024, Tehran, Iran: An Iranian pro-government supporter woman holds an anti-Israel poster o
  • Dr. Emmanuel Navon

Israel, Europe, and the Russia-Iran Axis

With the world divided between a U.S.-led order of democracies on the one hand, and...
Symbols of Russia, China, North Korea and Iran against the background of the world, the concept of alliance and cooperation between countries
  • Professor Efraim Inbar

A Government That Allows for the Haredi Draft Evasion Must Go

The ongoing draft dodging by the ultra-Orthodox harms not only the country’s economy and prosperity...
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest
  • Professor Hillel Frisch

Yes to Victory; No to Containment and Defeat

Since 2002, we have seen repeatedly in Judea and Samaria, and again in 2005 with...
Smoke and fire are seen after Lebanese rocket attacks in forests near Kiryat Shmona, Israel on June 3, 2024.
  • Colonel (res.) Prof. Gabi Siboni

The Road to Destruction of Hamas Runs Through IDF Military and Civil Control – Northern Gaza First

Creating a governmental alternative to Hamas in the Gaza Strip requires the destruction of Hamas’...
Israeli Minister of Defense YOAV GALLANT (black) visits troops in Rafah
  • Professor Efraim Inbar

Let the Palestinian Authority into Gaza

An enlightened government for Gaza is not available. The alternative that will ensure the greatest...
Palestinian National Security Forces
  • Professor Efraim Inbar

The American administration is guilty of wishful thinking on a regional defense architecture

The American effort to stop the Gaza war hasn’t helped shore up the fragile trust...
Israel and US flags
  • Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman

The Game of Camps Revisited: Where are we in 2024?

As the Arab world fell apart after 2011, one way to navigate the new realities...
Middle east map
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