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...
A Bridge over the Mediterranean: The French-Egyptian Arms Deal
A recent arms deal between Egypt and France may indicate a change in the regional balance of power; Egypt's traditional reliance on U.S. arms...
Unraveling the Stuxnet Effect of Much Persistence and Little Change in...
By Myriam Dunn Cavelty
INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program
לעברית - לחץ כאן
The purpose of this article is giving a balanced picture of the...
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...
Sri Lanka – Democracy, Terror and Legitimacy
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was a nationalistic-secular ideological organization established in 1976. It existed until its final fall in May 2009. The...
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...
Executive Cyber Intelligence Bi-Weekly Report by INSS-CSFI
February 1st, 2014
Israel
Cyber Park in Beer Sheva expanding
One of the biggest network companies, Cisco, will invest millions of dollars in the Israeli cyber industry...
How Are Cyber Companies Really Doing In The Startup Nation?
Israel’s cyber sector is still dominated by startups, despite “growing at a breakneck pace,” according to the folks over at the Defensive Cyber Operations...
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...
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...
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...
The Classic Cyber Defense Methods Have Failed – What Comes Next?
By Amir Averbuch and Gabi Siboni
INSS – CYBER Warfare Program
The classic defense methods employed throughout the world in recent decades are proving unsuccessful in halting modern...
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...
On Nuclear War: Deterrence, Escalation, and Control
By Stephen J. Cimbala
INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program
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Introduction
During the Cold War, and especially in the 1980s, there were some serious efforts...
INSS Global Cyber Review
Israel
Israel: IBM Bought the Israeli cyber security company Trusteer
IBM signed an agreement to acquire cyber security company Trusteer, and plans to set up a...
After Round One with Rouhani: Staying Focused on the Dynamics of...
by Dr. Emily B. Landau
While over the past weeks expectations of a deal with Iran have been running high in many quarters, the first...
Multi-Layered Defense and Initiated Attack in Defending the Homeland
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...
INSS Global Cyber Review – May 2013
i-HLS ISRAEL Homeland Security
Israel
Israel’s cyber capabilities among the best in the world
According to a McAfee cyber capability report, Israel shared first place with two...
Ukraine Crisis and the Implications for the Middle East
The Minsk II Agreement: Implications of a (Shaky) Ceasefire
The Minsk II Agreement, reached on February 12, 2015 between Ukraine and the separatist provinces in...
And What If We Did Not Deter Hizbollah?
The consensus in Israel is that Hizbollah was deterred as a result of the Second Lebanon War, that because of the damage sustained by...
Deterrence against Non-State Actors: Thoughts following Operation Protective Edge
Recent years have witnessed the accelerated weakening of state actors in the Middle East. In turn, regular state armies are less able to grapple...
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For centuries, gout has been associated with painful joints. In reality, it’s the outcome of years of elevated uric acid levels—known as hyperuricaemia—that gradually...
