Tag: INSS

China – China’s Five-Year Plan: Striving for Reforms and Openness while Strengthening Party Control (BESA Center)

Leo Leiderman, Eyal Propper The National People’s Congress in Beijing approved a new Five-Year Plan that includes two seemingly contradictory goals: reforms and international collaboration on...

Iran/JCPOA – A Return to the Nuclear Agreement? Contacts between the United States and Iran (INSS)

Eldad Shavit, Sima Shine The first round of indirect talks between Washington and Tehran ended on an optimistic note, but a return to the 2015 agreement...

Syria/Israel – After a Decade of War in Syria, Israel Should Change its Policy (INSS)

Udi Dekel, Carmit Valensi With the help of military aid from Russia and Iran, the regime of Bashar al-Assad has been able to survive and overcome...

(Syria) The Syrian Economy: In Ruins, with Few Prospects of Recovery (INSS)

Shmuel Even, Tomer Fadlon After a decade of civil war, Assad still rules in Syria, but the country's economy is in ruins, with no recovery on...

(USA/Middle East) The Biden Administration on a WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East: Implications for Israel (INSS)

Eyal Propper, Shimon Stein The Biden administration will be required to define its position on the establishment of a weapons of mass destruction-free zone in the...

(Europe/Israel) The European Green Deal: Challenges and Opportunities for Israel (INSS)

Tiziana della Ragione The European Green Deal (EGD) is the new European Union growth strategy to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient, and competitive...

(Turkey/Egypt) Turkish-Egyptian Maritime Negotiations: Hype or Substance? (INSS)

Samuel Helfont During the first week of March 2021, the Turkish press highlighted Egypt’s ostensible compliance with disputed Turkish maritime claims in the Eastern Mediterranean....

(USA/Saudi Arabia) United States and Saudi Arabia: Recalculating their Route (INSS)

Eldad Shavit, Yoel Guzansky President Biden has kept his election promise and published a report by the United States intelligence community stating that Saudi Crown Prince...

(Israel) The Defense Budget for 2021 (INSS)

Shmuel Even, Sasson Hadad The defense budget for 2021 continues the defense budget of 2020, which itself is a continuation of the 2019 defense budget, approved...

(Iran/USA/China) Return to the Nuclear Agreement with Iran: Will China Facilitate United States Measures? (INSS)

Eyal Propper China has renewed its proposal to convene an international meeting of all parties to the nuclear deal with Iran (JCPOA), including the United...

(Global Risk/Israel) The Global Risk Map and Implications for Israel (INSS)

Tomer Fadlon, Shmuel Even, Carmit Padan, Meir Elran The coronavirus crisis has raised public awareness of natural hazards and pushed them to the top of the global risk...

(USA/Russia) More Coherence, Greater Tension: Prospects for US Policy toward Russia under Biden (INSS)

Ari Heistein Under President Trump, the United States did not have a coherent and unified Russia policy. Congress maintained a traditional approach of using sanctions...

(China/Vaccine) The Vaccine Race: China Expands its Global Influence (INSS)

Hiddai Segev, Galia Lavi Many countries are looking to the COVID-19 vaccines with the hope of overcoming the pandemic and beginning economic recovery. While the drug...

(Palestine) Palestinian Elections: Gamble, Potential, or Political Maneuver? (INSS)

Yohanan Tzoreff, Kobi Michael https://www.inss.org.il/publication/pa-elections/

(Israel/Artificial Intelligence/National Security) Artificial Intelligence and National Security in Israel (INSS)

Liran Antebi https://www.inss.org.il/publication/artificial-intelligence-and-national-security-in-israel/

(USA/Iran) A Return to the Nuclear Deal: Washington and Tehran Sharpen Positions (INSS)

Sima Shine, Eldad Shavit https://www.inss.org.il/publication/biden-iran-jcpoa/