Tag: INSS

(Yemen) Yemen: Stalemated, Unstable, and 4 Potential Game Changers (INSS)

Ari Heistein https://www.inss.org.il/publication/yemen-2021/?offset=2&posts=3067

(Palestine/Israel) The Palestinians and COVID-19 Vaccines: An Israeli Responsibility? (INSS)

Noa Shusterman https://www.inss.org.il/publication/palestinians-and-the-vaccine/

(Israel/USA) Winds of Change: Israel Joins the US Central Command Area (INSS)

Assaf Orion, Udi Dekel https://www.inss.org.il/publication/centcom/

(Israel/Arabs) The Arab Public and the Forthcoming Knesset Elections: Between Public Pragmatism and Nationalist Dogmatism (Ephraim Lavie, Meir Elran, Khader Sawaed, Yousef Makladeh, INSS)

Winds of change are evident in the Arab sector: more and more Arab citizens of Israel are interested in integrating in Israeli society, and...

(Iran) How Close is Iran to a Nuclear Bomb? (Amos Yadlin, Ephraim Asculai, INSS)

On January 4, 2021, Iran announced that it had begun enriching uranium to a level of 20 percent at a well-protected facility in Fordow....

(Suicide Bombings) Suicide Bombings Worldwide in 2020 (Yoram Schweitzer, Aviad Mendelboim, Arella Hendler-Bloom, INSS)

The gradual decline in the number of suicide bombings in 2018 and 2019 continued in 2020, with a 14.5 percent drop from the previous...

(Israel/Iran/USA) Returning to the Nuclear Agreement: Implications for Israel (Eldad Shavit, Sima Shine, INSS)

Senior members of the incoming US administration have stressed that they intend to advance a return by the United States to the nuclear deal...

(Israel/Iran/USA) Israeli Policy on Iran vis-à-vis the Biden Administration (Shimon Stein, Shlomo Brom, INSS)

Once President-elect Biden enters the White House, Israel will have to work with a president whose policy on Iran is expected to differ from...

(Israel/Gaza Strip) The Joint Military Exercise in the Gaza Strip: Ostensible Strength in a Response to Weakness (Kobi Michael, Yohanan Tzoreff, INSS)

On December 28, 2020 a joint military exercise of the armed resistance organizations in the Gaza Strip was held. Led by Hamas, participants included...

ISRAEL – Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks: Climate Change and Israel’s National Security (Shira Efron, INSS)

The Middle East is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change, including rising temperatures, water and consequently food shortages, rising sea levels,...

CHINA – The Roar of the Wolf Warriors: China’s Increasingly Aggressive Diplomacy (Eyal Propper, INSS)

The patient, quiet diplomacy that characterized China over many decades has changed entirely under the current leader and has become decidedly aggressive. Now, with...

ISRAEL/USA/EUROPE – Israel: Note that the Sleeping Transatlantic Giant is Waking Up (Oded Eran, Shimon Stein, INSS)

After years of a weakening transatlantic alliance, exacerbated by President Trump's four years in office, strategic cooperation between the European Union and the United...

CHINA – Smart Cities with Chinese Characteristics (Hiddai Segev, INSS)

The rapid growth of the global urban population demands more sophisticated management of both life in an urban setting and the resources in this...

PALESTINE/ISRAEL – “The Day After” Abu Mazen is Already Here (Michael Milstein, INSS)

"The day after" Abu Mazen need not differ from "the day before," but that largely depends on Israel. First, Israel must ensure the stability...

ISRAEL – The Next War Will Make No Allowances for Political or Covid Constraints (Gal Perl Finkel, INSS)

The prolonged tension in the north between the IDF and Hezbollah suggests that the two sides are actually only a few faulty or miscalculated...

EGYPT/ISIS/SINAI/ISRAEL – Islamic State Province in Sinai Changes its Strategy: Are Israel and the Suez Canal in the Crosshairs? (Tomer Naveh, Yoram Schweitzer, INSS)

In the past few months, Wilayat Sinai (the Sinai Province), which is the Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in Egypt, carried out two unconventional attacks....