The Currency of the Islamic State: The Political and Symbolic Significance...
On November 13, 2014 the Treasury of the Islamic State organization (IS) announced its intention to mint a first series of coins to be...
Israel against Hizbollah: Between Overt and Covert Warfare
The violent battle between Israel and Hizbollah in Lebanon and Syria, and perhaps even outside the Middle East, can be expected to continue and...
Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah on a Collision Course: Undesirable yet Inevitable
At the start of 2015, Israel’s two major fronts – home to the two hostile players with which Israel has had military encounters in...
The New Ideological Threat to the GCC: Implications for the Qatari-Saudi...
In his book Sectarian Politics in the Gulf, Frederic M. Wehrey argues that the Arab Gulf states are united by a shared threat perception...
President Putin Visits Egypt
Russian President Putin (L) meeting with Egyptian President el-Sisi (R) in Cairo, February 9, 2015
On February 9-10, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Egypt...
Legal Transparency as a National Security Strategy
By Yoni Eshpar
INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program
The act of taking initiative is considered the preferred modus operandi within the various spheres that shape and...
Developments in the Global Oil Market Strategic Significance
Since mid-2014, global oil prices have fallen dramatically. The price of an American WTI barrel of oil was $44 in late January 2015, compared...
i-HLS TV: Promo – Iron Dome
Iron Dome
By Yiftah Shapir, Senior Research Fellow and Director,
Military Balance Project, INSS
.
.
.
.
.
.
Introduction: Arie Egoai, i-HLS Editor-in-Chief
The Revolutionary Guards and the International Drug Trade
By Sami Kronenfeld and Yoel Guzansky
INSS - the Cyber Warfare Program
The Revolutionary Guards are significantly involved in the international drug trade, both directly and through...
Iran: Maritime Measures below the Threshold of War
By Yoel Guzansky
INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program
The option of operating in the naval theater allows improved deterrence and attack capability vis-a-vis Iran...
Saudi Arabia after Abdullah
The prolonged hospitalization of the current king of Saudi Arabia, 91-year-old Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, “custodian” of oil and Islamic holy sites, has led...
Baghdadi’s Gamble
By Yoram Schweitzer
At this point it is too early to determine whether Baghdadi’s positive situation assessment of the Islamic State organization is justified. While...
Obligations of International Humanitarian Law
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...
Israel vs. the Palestinians in the ICC
On January 16, 2015, Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced her decision to open a preliminary examination of the situation...
The Challenges of Deterring Non-state Actors
Recent years have witnessed the accelerated weakening of state actors in the Middle East. In turn, regular state armies are less able to grapple...
The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Regional and Human Security Implications
The Refugee Population: An Overview
Defined as the “worst humanitarian disaster since the end of the cold war,” the Syrian civil war has to date...
Russia will supply Iran “game changing” S-300 missiles
President Vladimir Putin lifted, on Monday, a ban on supplying Iran with sophisticated S-300 air defense missile systems. This in the aftermath of the...
Is Israel Facing a War of Attrition against Hamas?
Udi Dekel
It has become clear once again that Hamas feels it has nothing to lose and that it is prepared to resume the armed...
Israel-Azerbaijan: Despite the Constraints, a Special Relationship
A telegram from the US embassy in Azerbaijan that was published in Wikileaks claimed that the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, compared Israel-Azerbaijan relations...
Will Israel sell arms to the Ukraine in the aftermath of...
Israel seems to be reassessing its position on the sale of locally made UASs to the Ukraine, this after the Kremlin announcement that it...
On Nuclear War: Deterrence, Escalation, and Control
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...
The Terror Attacks in Paris: Tip of the Iceberg or a...
The shock that gripped France following the terrorist attacks in Paris in early January 2015 will probably wane as time passes. Similarly, the urgency...
Latest
Metal That Behaves Like a Gel Could Redefine High-Temperature Systems
A research team at Texas A&M University has developed the world’s first metallic gel — a new class of material that combines the strength...
