Perspectives Papers
Let the Jewish National Fund Recommit to Its Original Mission
By Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen
March 11, 2021
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Turkey Signals Sweeping Regional Ambitions
By Dr. James M. Dorsey
March 11, 2021
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Mideast Security and Policy Studies
American Development of UAP Technology: A Fait Accompli?
By Franc Milburn
March 10, 2021
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The Gara Affair: How Not to Rescue Hostages
By Burak Bekdil
March 10, 2021
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The Russian FM’s Gulf Tour: A Bellwether of US-Saudi Relations
By Dr. James M. Dorsey
March 9, 2021
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Perspectives Papers
McConnell, Trump, and the GOP
By Lev Stesin
March 9, 2021
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Perspectives Papers
Let the Jewish National Fund Recommit to Its Original Mission
By Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen
March 11, 2021
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The decision by the new chairman of the Jewish National Fund to continue the Fund’s mission to purchase land throughout the Land of Israel is worthy of praise. There is nothing new in its purchase of land in the West Bank as well, an endeavor that has gone on for more than a century.
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Perspectives Papers
Turkey Signals Sweeping Regional Ambitions
By Dr. James M. Dorsey
March 11, 2021
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Mideast Security and Policy Studies
American Development of UAP Technology: A Fait Accompli?
By Franc Milburn
March 10, 2021
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Perspectives Papers
The Gara Affair: How Not to Rescue Hostages
By Burak Bekdil
March 10, 2021
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan needed a military success story, and the rescue of 13 hostages held by the PKK in northern Iraq would have fit the bill. Unfortunately, the operation was a tragic failure. Erdoğan now accuses the Kurds, Kurdish political parties, opposition parties, and even the Biden administration of responsibility for the disaster.
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Perspectives Papers
The Russian FM’s Gulf Tour: A Bellwether of US-Saudi Relations
By Dr. James M. Dorsey
March 9, 2021
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Perspectives Papers
McConnell, Trump, and the GOP
By Lev Stesin
March 9, 2021
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Let the Jewish National Fund Recommit to Its Original Mission
Let the Jewish National Fund Recommit to Its Original Mission
The decision by the new chairman of the Jewish National Fund to continue the Fund’s mission to purchase land throughout the Land of Israel is worthy of praise. There is nothing new in its purchase of land in the West Bank as well, an endeavor that has gone on for more than a century.
Turkey Signals Sweeping Regional Ambitions
Turkey Signals Sweeping Regional Ambitions
A nationalist Turkish television station with close ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dug up a 12-year-old map that projects Turkey’s sphere of influence in 2050 as stretching from southeastern Europe on the northern coast of the Mediterranean and Libya on its southern shore across North Africa, the Gulf, and the Levant into the Caucasus and Central Asia.
American Development of UAP Technology: A Fait Accompli?
Mideast Security and Policy Studies
American Development of UAP Technology: A Fait Accompli?
The BESA Center’s recent detailed study on Unexplained Aerial Phenomena (UAP) described the post-quantum revolution in military affairs unfolding as a result of studying UAP “observables” and assessed the strategic implications in terms of potential threats emanating from UAP or adversaries. This paper delves further into “beyond next generation” technologies. It is based on recent comments by Luis Elizondo, former director of the Pentagon´s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, as well as analyses by scientists and former DoD insiders. The questions to be addressed are: What are the capabilities of these technologies, what decisive advantages would they provide, and how likely are they to be developed and deployed?
The Gara Affair: How Not to Rescue Hostages
The Gara Affair: How Not to Rescue Hostages
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan needed a military success story, and the rescue of 13 hostages held by the PKK in northern Iraq would have fit the bill. Unfortunately, the operation was a tragic failure. Erdoğan now accuses the Kurds, Kurdish political parties, opposition parties, and even the Biden administration of responsibility for the disaster.
The Russian FM’s Gulf Tour: A Bellwether of US-Saudi Relations
The Russian FM’s Gulf Tour: A Bellwether of US-Saudi Relations
As Russian FM Sergei Lavrov embarks on a four-day visit to the Gulf, Middle Eastern leaders are either struggling to get a grip on Joe Biden’s recalibration of US policy in the region or signaling their refusal to adapt to the president’s approach.
McConnell, Trump, and the GOP
McConnell, Trump, and the GOP
Mitch McConnell embodies what it takes to govern, but Donald Trump represents what it takes to win. Separately, however, these archetypes can achieve neither. Yet unity may prove elusive as both sides, even when pursuing the same goals, have personal characteristics that oppose one another.