Louis René Beres
Reconsidering Nuclear Command Authority: America’s Most Urgent Obligation
“The man who laughs has simply not yet heard the terrible news.”-Bertolt Brecht
It’s high time for candor. President Donald J. Trump has effectively unchecked nuclear command authority. Though once inconceivable, this president could sometime...
After Assad, after the ceasefire, continuing the goals of jihadi terror
Following the collapse of the Bashar Assad regime in Syria, jihadi terror groups in the Middle East are being reconfigured. While evident and significant differences exist between these groups, they do share a single...
Israel’s Nuclear Doctrine: A Science and Law-Based Assessment
“Science, by which I mean the entire body of knowledge about things, whether corporeal or spiritual, is as much a work of imagination as it is of observation… The latter is not possible without...
Jihadi terror as religious sacrifice – pathway to a nuclear war with Iran
“The death fear of the ego is lessened by the killing, the sacrifice, of the other; through the death of the other, one buys oneself free from the penalty of dying.” - Otto Rank, Will...
The world has Israel to thank for no nuclear fears in post-Assad Syria
Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s murderous regime, protracted uncertainty or outright chaos should be expected in Syria. Among other things, assorted remnants of al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorist groups will configure or reconfigure in the area, and...
After The Syrian Collapse: Terrorism, Ecstasy And “Metaphysical Fear”
ABSTRACT: Following Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s recent fall, a changing configuration of jihadi terror groups will seek power and influence. Wittingly or unwittingly, these coalescing groups could act as Tehran’s fighting surrogate against Israel...
After Assad: Recalibrating risks of an Israel-Iran nuclear war
Special to Israel National News
At first glance, the fall of Syria’s Assad dictatorship was net-gainful for Israel. Nonetheless, Iran’s military nuclearization continues to accelerate, and the Islamic leadership in Tehran has no credible reason...
Dialectics of a Different War: How Syria’s Collapse Could Impact Israel’s Nuclear Deterrence Against...
Though the fall of Syria’s Assad would appear gainful for Israel prima facie, a potential nuclear threat from Iran not only remains, but is plausibly greater than before. One reason for such a counter-intuitive...
Taking Nuclear War Seriously Israel’s Complex Obligations
"Recent events in Syria underscore the changing geo-strategic landscape in the Middle East. For Israel, though the fall of Assad will likely weaken Iran, it won't necessarily reduce the risk of a nuclear war...
Nuclear Escalation Doctrine: Impact of American and Russian “Firebreaks” on Israel’s Security
The conceptual and historical background
Soon, Israel will need to make critical decisions on launching preemptive strikes against Iran. Such non-nuclear defensive actions – expressions of anticipatory self-defense” under international law – would take calculated...