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Is Israel Facing a War of Attrition against Hamas?
Friday, 22 August 2014, 3:50 pm | INSS Insight
Is Israel Facing a War of Attrition against Hamas? By Udi Dekel August 13, 2014 More >>
ISIS: The Real Threat
Friday, 22 August 2014, 2:42 pm | INSS Insight
In recent months the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has managed to position itself as the most significant threat to regional stability in the Middle East. The mass executions in Iraq and Syria reflect the shock ... More >>
Essential Conditions for Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip
Friday, 22 August 2014, 2:05 pm | INSS Insight
Essential Conditions for Successful Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip Kobi Michael and Udi Dekel August 19, 2014 More >>
The Delegitimization of Israel, Operation Protective Edge
Friday, 22 August 2014, 11:50 am | INSS Insight
Image vs. Reality: The Delegitimization of Israel in the Wake of Operation Protective Edge By Gilead Sher and Einav Yogev August 20, 2014 More >>
Countering Qatar’s Negative Regional Impact
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 3:49 pm | INSS Insight
Countering Qatar’s Negative Regional Impact By Kobi Michael and Yoel Guzansky August 17, 2014 More >>
Operation Protective Edge and a Fragile Regional Arena
Friday, 25 July 2014, 10:42 am | INSS Insight
Operation Protective Edge and the talks that are supposed to end it have brought the political and ideological fault lines in the Middle East into sharp relief. The mediation attempts demonstrate the extent to which the countries involved in the ... More >>
Turkey Drifting in the Middle East Winds of Change
Friday, 4 July 2014, 2:48 pm | INSS Insight
The abduction of some 80 Turkish citizens in Iraq -- diplomats, their families, and truck drivers -- by Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants and their affiliates symbolizes the major potential ... More >>
United States: Prepared for Military Intervention in Iraq?
Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 5:06 pm | INSS Insight
Following the seizure of Iraq’s main cities by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), there has been much discussion about possible US military intervention in Iraq. Since the ISIS campaign began, a small American force of 275 soldiers has been ... More >>
ISIS: A Risk Assessment
Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 1:51 pm | INSS Insight
Recent events in Iraq are liable to give new impetus to the ideas and the path that ISIS represents, which are shared by many terrorist organizations operating in the Middle East and beyond. Its strong economic capacity could be exploited to support ... More >>
The Presidential Crisis in Lebanon: A Destructive Rift?
Monday, 23 June 2014, 1:17 pm | INSS Insight
The current presidential crisis in Lebanon presents a concrete danger, internally and externally, that could have an impact on the region in general and Israel in particular. The events are overshadowed by the more dramatic developments in Syria, ... More >>
The Collapse of Iraq: Strategic Implications
Monday, 16 June 2014, 5:32 pm | INSS Insight
The fall of major Iraqi cities to Sunni extremists belonging to the Sunni group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may well have implications beyond the borders of Iraq. The evolution toward the dissolution of the country, which began following the US ... More >>
The Palestinian Unity Government
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 1:42 pm | INSS Insight
The Palestinian unity government was sworn in on June 2, 2014 in Ramallah on the basis of a presidential decree by President Mahmoud Abbas, after Fatah and Hamas came to an agreement on the makeup of the cabinet. More >>
Iran: Caught between Missile Defense and Comprehensive Deal
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 2:18 pm | INSS Insight
Over the past eight months of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1, Tehran’s ballistic missile program has been mainly relegated to the sidelines. Although several months ago there were indications that the US might be determined to include the ... More >>
The Election of Abd al-Fatah el-Sisi as President of Egypt
Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 1:33 pm | INSS Insight
There were no surprises in last week’s presidential election in Egypt. It was clear from the outset that Abd al-Fatah al-Sisi, the former defense minister and the most powerful man in the Egyptian leadership, would be elected Egypt’s next president. More >>
Russia’s Linkage between Ukrainian Crisis & the Middle East
Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 5:22 pm | INSS Insight
Although the official topic of the international security conference held in Moscow on May 20-23, 2014 was Middle East regional security, the conference actually dealt with the Russian perspective on the linkage between the crisis in Ukraine, where ... More >>
The Failed Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations: What Lies Ahead
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 4:31 pm | INSS Insight
The Israeli-Palestinians negotiations mediated by US Secretary of State John Kerry were a failure, and at the end of the allotted nine month period the two sides could not even agree on a document of principles, the so-called framework agreement. More >>
India’s Elections: Beyond the Promise of Narendra Modi
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 2:45 pm | INSS Insight
With the recent end of the long-running 2014 parliamentary elections in India, the winds of change may hit the Asian giant’s relationship with Israel. For the first time in a decade, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is returning ... More >>
Ambassador Dermer and United States-Israel Relations
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 2:25 pm | INSS Insight
In an address to the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington on May 1, 2014, Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, spoke at length about a number of subjects on Israel’s national agenda, including the negotiations ... More >>
The Ukraine Crisis: Preliminary Comments
Saturday, 17 May 2014, 12:06 pm | INSS Insight
What will US-Russia relations look like in the next few years? Where is Russia under President Putin headed? Is a military conflict over the Ukraine crisis a possibility? Are we facing a clash of blocs? Are we on the verge of a new era in international ... More >>
The Palestinian-Jordanian-Israeli Triangle
Saturday, 10 May 2014, 3:21 pm | INSS Insight
On one level, Jordan and Israel are developing a relationship based on shared economic interests and the need to cope with political and security constraints resulting from the turmoil in the region over the past three and a half years. At the same ... More >>
