Military & Strategic Affairs

By Benjamin S. Lambeth INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program Operation Change of Direction, the code name given to Israel’s war against Hizbollah in Lebanon in 2006 by the Operations Directorate [...]

Nowrūz, is one of the most important holidays in Iran dating back to the days of ancient Persia. The Holiday expresses the values ​​of peace, solidarity and good neighborliness (1). [...]

By Stephen J. Cimbala INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program . Introduction During the Cold War, and especially in the 1980s, there were some serious efforts in the academic [...]

The Israel institute for national security studies (INSS) invites researches from all over the world to submit papers that will be published in its publications Articles may relate to the [...]

By Avihai Mandelblit INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program Lawfare is closely linked to the theme of this issue of Military and Strategic Affairs: the challenges facing the regular [...]

Iron Dome By Yiftah Shapir,  Senior Research Fellow and Director, Military Balance Project, INSS . . . . . . Introduction: Arie Egoai, i-HLS Editor-in-Chief

By Christian de Cock INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program A War is a War is a War? Although at first sight many issues related to targeting densely populated [...]

By Prof. Zaki Shalom INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program   לעברית לחץ כאן Recent violent events in Judea and Samaria, raised in Israel serious concerns of an outbreak of [...]

By Gal Perel INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program לעברית לחץ כאן The IDF’s combat doctrine involves the delivery of powerful blows with accurate fire from the air, sea and [...]

By Knut Doermann INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program It is an understatement to say that armed conflicts fought in densely populated areas can and do cause tremendous human [...]

By Uzi Eilam INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program The end of the twentieth century witnessed a dramatic transformation of the battlefield, and classical warfare between armies and states became [...]

By Ron Tira INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program Israel’s strategic environment of mid 2012 differs significantly from that of a few years ago. In the current environment, the [...]

By Brig. Gen. (ret.) Moshe (“Chico”) Tamir INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program This essay attempts to present operational perspectives on conducting warfare in densely populated areas. It also [...]