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Thursday, 5 January 2012, 4:00 pm | INSS Insight
In December 2011, Syrian military forces held several exercises with live ammunition that were covered extensively by the Syrian media. Exercises of such scope and media prominence are unusual in Syria and were clearly meant by Bashar Assad's regime, ... More >>
Initial Thoughts Upon the Assassination of Bin Laden
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 11:21 am | INSS Insight
The news that the most wanted terrorist in the world, certainly in the last decade – a title that Bin Laden himself said he was proud to bear – was eliminated prompts an initial sigh of relief and perhaps even a sense of satisfaction that a person ... More >>
Cairo Viewed from Gaza: Too Soon to Celebrate
Monday, 28 February 2011, 10:31 pm | INSS Insight
Dramatic popular uprisings across the Arab world have overshadowed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent weeks. Nevertheless, last week’s exchange of fire across the Gaza-Israel border, including the firing of Grad rockets at Beer Sheva and Israel ... More >>
Exchange Rate Policies in the Gulf
Friday, 28 March 2008, 4:12 pm | INSS Insight
Like hundreds of other decisions taken by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries since it was formed 47 years ago, the decision taken two weeks ago not to respond to American urgings to boost oil production came in for heavy criticism ... More >>
The Devaluation of the Iranian Threat
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 6:27 pm | INSS Insight
In December 2007, the American intelligence community published a new assessment of Iran’s nuclear intentions and capabilities. The report stressed two new findings: More >>
The Return of the “Roadmap”
Saturday, 22 March 2008, 2:04 pm | INSS Insight
During her visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority in early March, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke about activating the trilateral mechanism headed by US General Charles Frasier to monitor the fulfillment of the Roadmap obligations ... More >>
The Launch of the Iranian Kavoshgar Rocket
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 7:01 pm | INSS Insight
On February 4, Iran launched a sounding rocket into space. The launch was part of the inauguration of the Iranian Space Center and received extensive coverage in the Iranian media, which focused on Iran’s intention this summer to launch by its own ... More >>
The Launch Of The Iranian Kavoshgar Rocket
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 9:39 am | INSS Insight
Pictures broadcast by Iranian media show that the launch vehicle was very similar to the well-known "Shehab-3B" missile. It was even launched from a truck-towed launcher, similar to those shown in past Shehab-3 launches. More >>
Ephraim Asculai: IAEA Vs. Iranian Nuclear Weapons
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 9:19 am | INSS Insight
The newest and much-anticipated International Atomic Energy Agency report on safeguards activities in Iran was sent to the IAEA Member States on February 22, 2008 and almost immediately leaked to the press. As usual, no one was completely satisfied. More >>
What Links Kosovo, Cyprus and Nagorno-Karabakh?
Monday, 25 February 2008, 9:21 am | INSS Insight
During the week in which Kosovo declared independence, two important elections took place elsewhere, in Cyprus and Armenia. They attracted far less attention than did events in Kosovo, but they are also likely to influence Europe. More >>
Yoram Schweitzer: Balance of Terror, War on Terror
Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 11:07 am | INSS Insight
The car bomb in Damascus that ended the life of Imad Mughniya also put an end to the world-wide manhunt lasting over two decades for the person responsible for the deaths of hundred of citizens of many countries. Following the disappearance from ... More >>
Yiftah Shapir: Launch Of Israel's TecSAR Satellite
Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 9:52 am | INSS Insight
TecSAR undoubtedly constitutes a technological breakthrough for Israel's defense industry. It is an advanced satellite with few competitors in the world. For the defense establishment in Israel, it provides coverage of the whole Middle East. More >>
Shlomo Brom: The Fall of the Gaza Wall
Monday, 11 February 2008, 10:17 am | INSS Insight
Does the breach in the wall mean that siege of Gaza has come to an end? Not at all. Gaza's distress basically stems from the fact that its sources of income have contracted because workers and goods cannot reach the Israeli market for labor or goods. More >>
Money and Influence in the Global Village
Wednesday, 26 December 2007, 10:23 am | INSS Insight
Relations between trans-national corporations and states have become more significant in the era of globalization. The corporations transcend borders and operate as a global network while states are still defined by territory. But in the past few months, ... More >>
Intelligence Reappraises the Iranian Nuclear Issue
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 11:51 am | INSS Insight
At the beginning of December 2007, the National Intelligence Council, the supreme body of the American intelligence community, released a reappraisal of Iran’s nuclear intentions and capabilities. The document, a non-classified summary of a detailed ... More >>
The Post-Annapolis Dynamic – The Hamas Factor
Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 9:46 am | INSS Insight
Although it was not represented at Annapolis, Hamas had a significant role in paving the way to the meeting. Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip was clear evidence of the growing strength of the militant Islamist stream in the Palestinian camp, and ... More >>
Israelis and Palestinians after Annapolis
Friday, 30 November 2007, 12:57 am | INSS Insight
According to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli-Palestinian relations can be divided into two distinct historical phases: pre-Annapolis and post-Annapolis. The last few weeks of the pre-Annapolis period were marked by frenzy of speculation ... More >>
Does the IAEA Have the Authority and Capacity
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 1:15 pm | INSS Insight
Does the IAEA Have the Authority and Capacity to Investigate Nuclear Non-Compliance? By Ephraim Asculai More >>
Mark A. Heller: Lebanon’s Dual Crisis
Friday, 9 November 2007, 10:02 am | INSS Insight
Humor, especially black humor, sometimes captures political reality even better than the most incisive analysis. According to a joke popular in some circles in Lebanon, an ambulance on the way to the hospital signifies one of two things: another bombing ... More >>
Update on Iran: Talk of Possible Military Action
Wednesday, 24 October 2007, 12:58 am | INSS Insight
Iran began a process of negotiations with the IAEA this summer with the aim of clearing up the lingering outstanding questions regarding its past nuclear activities. As always with Iran, this involves a complicated process, including pre-talks and then ... More >>
