Israel's Top 5 Strategic Goals in 2019
OPINION — Israel is well-positioned as 2019 begins, but it is also primed to face serious challenges over the next twelve months. The following five strategic goals are critical—and...
Iran gambles, Moscow Pays in Syria
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin served as chief of Israeli military intelligence from 2006-2010.  He is now director of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).  Ari Heistein is special...
An Israeli View on Trump's JCPOA Withdrawal: "Hope Is Not a Strategy"
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The Saudis Want a Nuclear Program. The Israelis Are Concerned.
In an unexpected turn of events, the sequence of dramatically different policies of the Obama and Trump Administrations has exacerbated the problem of nuclear proliferation in the Middle...