May 17, 2021
Trumpets and Tank Engines: A Turning Point in Gaza?
By Col. (res) Richard Kemp Hamas is no match for the IDF and could be quickly and much more cheaply defeated by blunt and crushing military force were it not…
May 13, 2021
Hamas Wants to Be Crowned the Guardian of Jerusalem
— By Col. (res.) Grisha Yakubovich The current major escalation between Israel and Hamas is a result of the terror organization’s long-term strategic vision aimed at ultimately crowning it as…
Apr 21, 2021
Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community
This annual report of worldwide threats to the national security of the United States responds to Section 617 of the FY21 Intelligence Authorization Act (P.L. 116-260). This report reflects the…
Apr 15, 2021
“The Montreux Petition” and Creeping Islamization of the Turkish Military
By Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak A storm over a petition by retired naval officers once again has revealed longstanding tensions between the civilian Turkish government and the Turkish military,…
Mar 02, 2021
Biden’s Eastern Mediterranean Agenda
By Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. Establishing coherent US policy regarding brewing conflict in the eastern Mediterranean should be a…
Feb 09, 2021
Is a Long-Term Arrangement with Gaza Possible?
-- By Col. (res.) Grisha Yakubovich Voices in Israel have been calling recently for an effort to reach a long-term truce with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but while Israel…
Feb 01, 2021
Writing the next chapter of the Abraham Accords
By Dr Majid Al Sarrah, Dr Nir Boms, Dr Najat Al Saied and Dan Feferman. The Abraham Accords, which brought about normalization and a quick warming of relations between Israel…
Jan 27, 2021
Turkish Militias and Proxies
By Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, Expert on modern Turkey and Dr. Jonathan Spyer, Expert on Syria, Iraq, radical Islamic groups, and Kurds Erdoğan has created a private military and…
Jan 25, 2021
Restoring American Bipartisan Commitment Towards Israel: A Moral Duty and Strategic Necessity
By Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. It is possible to restore American bipartisan backing for Israel. Therefore, it is important…
Jan 25, 2021
The Collapse of Palestinian Grand Strategy
By Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. The Palestinian quest for an internationally imposed “solution,” which would not require them to…