BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,659, July 26, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Americaโs reputation as a credible actor is an essential matter for US foreign policy, but it has weakened significantly throughout this century. George Bushโs war on the โaxis of …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,550, May 5, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The recent โbackpacker deal,โ the Crimean Peninsula annexation, and Russiaโs Sochi Olympic Games are all examples of Vladimir Putin’s global โsmart powerโ strategy, which combines soft and …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,520, April 6, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has ushered in a new age of global diplomacy. Asian countries are trying, with some success, to turn the global health crisis into an opportunity …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,399, January 12, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Soft power and coercive diplomacy tools have not worked for almost 20 years against โpeaceful Iranโ (as Obama used to call it), and America has opted instead to exercise …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,366, December 8, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The โWhatsApp crisisโ in Lebanon revealed a crack in Iranโs grand diplomatic strategy of using its proxies to push ideological soft power concurrently with hard power. Since 1979, Tehran …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,311, October 16, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salmanโs calls to invite Israeli Arabs to live and work in Saudi Arabia could be either a diplomatic breakthrough or a cynical ploy. If …
BESA Center Soft Power Report #2, October 4, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In the third year of Donald Trumpโs presidency, the US continues to suffer from a negative global image. The world views Chinese and Russian leadership more favorably than that …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,238, July 26, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Russian soft power efforts in the Middle East are bearing fruit, as many young Arabs now view Moscow as an ally and the US as unreliable. Russia wants toย …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,198, June 12, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The persistent affiliation of the American Jewish diaspora with the Democratic party โ a party that is vocally and increasingly critical of Israel โ raises concern over what will …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,172, May 14, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The โฌ28.5 million Eurovision Song Contest, which draws 200 million viewers from 42 countries, might seem to be just a huge pop spectacle, but it is a good deal …
