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THIS ARTICLE WILL BE REGULARLY UPDATED. THE MOST RECENT UPDATES WILL BE AT THE TOP. THE GAZA TERROR OFFENSIVE: “The Ceasefire War” (15 June – 15 July 2026) Eado Hecht Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies “We cannot always prevent
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 218 (July 17, 2026) by Gershon Kogan Introduction The Israeli cabinet’s unanimous recognition of the Armenian Genocide in June 2026 generated predictable reactions: Turkish condemnation, Azerbaijani diplomatic protest, and Armenian restraint. Less predictable — and analytically more
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PSCRP-BESA Reports No 217 (July 15, 2026) In late June, the most hotly debated issue concerning the Jews of Ukraine was the meeting between Dmytro Korchynskyi, leader of the radical nationalist Ukrainian party Bratstvo (“Brotherhood”), and Chief Rabbi of Ukraine
Just before the Israel-Iran war, three leading BESA researchers, Commander US Navy (ret.) David Levy, Dr. Commander Israeli Navy (ret.) Eyal Pinko, and Prof. Eitan Shamir, published an article on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) in the Journal
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 216 (July 8, 2026) The Provocation: When a Textbook Becomes a Map By Gershon Kogan In November 2025, Turkish Minister of Education Yusuf Tekin made a declaration that passed largely unnoticed in Western strategic circles but sent
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,393, July 9, 2026 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The most recent—though unlikely to be the last—war between the US and Iran was fought by an American president whose irresolution allowed a critically weakened Iran to snatch victory
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,394, July 8 , 2026 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is a seminal connectivity initiative linking India, the Middle East, and Europe. For it to succeed, its infrastructure, routes, ports,
On July 1 we were honored to host Iddo Netanyahu at the BESA Center, marking 50 years since Operation Entebbe. As part of the event, Iddo Netanyahu delivered a special lecture on the historic rescue mission and its significance in
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,391, July 5, 2026 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The scope of the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran is very narrow. The MoU creates an interim state of deescalation between the United
