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The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent non-partisan think tank conducting policy research on Middle Eastern and global strategic affairs
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The radicalization of Islam, a security challenge for the West, gives new dimension to the term "frontier state." Greece and Israel have a common role under this label, as they're willing and able to safeguard Western interests in the Eastern Mediterranean
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A Snake Pit at the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center
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The lack of integration into France of many Muslims, combined with socioeconomic problems, has produced bitterness, alienation, and fertile ground for radical imams who use France's separation between state and religion to promote Islamist radicalization.
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Israel Must Rethink Its Syria Strategy After Downing of Russian Plane
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China, in an implicit recognition that at least some of its Belt and Road-related projects risk trapping target countries in debt or failing to meet their needs, has conceded that adjustments may be necessary.
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President Trump is right to defund UNRWA, whose anti-Israel propaganda undermines efforts to make peace.
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After the loss of its stronghold in the Middle East, the Islamic State fixed its eye on the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. There, the ongoing conflict carries the potential for a secure sanctuary, and the region provides a steady stream of fresh recruits.
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BESA Center Set 30
Post-Qaddafi Libya is divided between two governments, and the consequence of that division is mounting chaos. Europe, the US, Canada, and the UN will have to decide at what point it will be necessary to go back into Libya to restore order.
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BESA Center Set 28
US world power rests upon its ability to dominate the world’s commercial and military sea routes. China's naval successes have far-reaching effects, as the country is becoming more experienced in military operations in far-flung regions across the globe.
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BESA Center Set 27
Israel's best option with Hamas is to prolong negotiations, concede as little as possible, wait until sanctions against Iran come into force - and prepare for the next round of fighting, not to defeat Hamas but to tame it and keep the Palestinians divided
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BESA Center Set 26
China's program to "re-educate" millions of Turkic Muslim Uighurs is designed to reshape their religious beliefs, so that they adopt an interpretation of Islam in line with the Communist Party’s precepts rather than prescriptions of Islamic holy texts.
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BESA Center Set 25
Most statements following the death of far-left activist Uri Avnery glorified him, praising his support for a Palestinian state and the end of the Israeli "occupation," and ignoring his deeds undermining Israeli interests, including during wartime.
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BESA Center Set 23
The anti-Semitism crises exploding in the British Labour Party and threatening to erupt in the US Democratic Party have complex sources, including socialism, which opposes Jewish difference and rejection of the nation-state, which Jews still embrace.
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BESA Center Set 22
For many years, Palestinians frequently cited General Assembly Resolution 181 to buttress two of their major claims. They no longer do so because it stipulates for the creation of a Jewish state, as emphasized by the nationality law they now decry.
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BESA Center Set 21
It is not alleged “religionization” that threatens Israeli identity and deepens the cleavages in Israeli society but the absence of a mutually accepted contemporary Jewish common ground.
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The recent Russian-Turkish-Iranian summit underscored the Iran's determination to take a central part in the reconstruction of Syria so as to promote a range of civilian and security interests that are bound to work to Israel's detriment.
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Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman appears to accept the argument that humanitarian gestures towards Hamas will buy quiet. Evidence provided by UN agencies ironically proves there is no correlation between such gestures and a reduction in Hamas violence.
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An Open Letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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BESA Center Set 17
Greece is now facing the end of the 8-year bailout and an unexpected diplomatic crisis with Russia. While PM Alexis Tsipras is trying to take credit for the former and manage the latter, his government may pay a price in voter discontent.
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BESA Center Set 16
Greece has relatively stable public finances but is unable to immediately regain market confidence. The tendency of politicians to put their interests above the national one remains even as the society is suffocating from social problems.
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