Louis René Beres
A Provident Posture for Israel: Facing Nuclear Iran as an Intellectual Problem
“Subjugating the enemy’s army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.” Sun-Tzu, The Art of War
Mitigating Trump-Policy Mistakes
Though Donald Trump sought to convince Israel that US withdrawal from the Iran pact would be gainful,...
Realpolitik And Power Over Death: Unceasing Delusions Of World Politics
“Individual man sees in his country the realization of his earthly immortality.”
Heinrich von Treitschke, Lectures on Politics
History: “An Illustrious War Against Death”
Where to begin? Why acknowledge that world politics holds a key for personal immortality? What...
America and North Korea: Seeking Plausible Nuclear Objectives
“Deterrence is concerned with influencing the choices that another party will make, and doing it by influencing his expectations of how we will behave.”
Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict (1960)
Though America’s current president began on...
A Stain on Jewish Values: Israel’s Misguided Obeisance to Donald Trump
“That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the entire Torah; the rest is commentary….
Rabbi Hillel, Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a
Introduction: Trump and Talmud
Israel’s largely enthusiastic support for Donald J. Trump...
Controlling Nuclear Risks: A Basic Obligation of U.S, Law and Policy
Abstract: In principle, especially during a rare historical moment of extra-terrestrial exploration and immunological control, our species ought to render itself capable of managing nuclear threats. Prima facie, after all, the difficulties of transporting complex instrumentation...
Charting an American Return to Reason: Nuclear Policy Goals on North Korea
“All our dignity consists in thought….It is upon this that we must depend…Let us labor then to think well: this is the foundation of morality.”Blaise Pascal, Pensées
The Primacy of Intellect
On matters of United States foreign...
Managing Nuclear Threats: President Biden’s Primary Policy Imperative
“It must not be forgotten that it is perhaps more dangerous for a nation to allow itself to be conquered intellectually than by arms.”
Guillaume Apollinaire, The New Spirit and the Poets (1917)
In the final analysis, nuclear war...
Looking Beyond “America First”: Thought-Based Legal Strategies for Long-Term Survival
“The egocentric ideal of a future reserved for those who have managed to attain egoistically the extremity of `everyone for himself’ is false and against nature.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man
From...
Imagining Sisyphus Happy. An Escape From Trumpian Farce
“One must imagine Sisyphus Happy.”
Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
The “Theatrical” Dilemma
As literary genre, the grimly corrosive Trump years are best described not as tragedy (which is ennobling), but as “farce.” Though not readily apparent,...
Trump’s Wrongful Pardons for International Law Violations
“….he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States….”Article 2, Section 2, US Constitution
ABSTRACT: At the time of a second impeachment trial, this one centering on Trump’s alleged “incitement to...