Louis René Beres
A Balanced Vision: Human Singularity, International Law, and American Survival
Professor Louis Rene Beres l Purdue University
The author, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Purdue University, argues that to secure a just and survivable global order, the world must transition from competitive nationalism to...
War With Iran: Israel’s Legal Obligation to Prevent Iranian Nuclear Weapons
THE BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES, BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY
Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 206
War With Iran: Israel’s Legal Obligation to Prevent Iranian Nuclear Weapons
Louis René Beres
For the most part, Israel’s no-choice Gaza War has...
‘Necessary sacrifices’ – Hamas leader’s harsh decree, but only for others
“The death fear of the ego is lessened by the killing, the Sacrifice, of other; through the death of the other, one buys oneself free from the penalty of dying….” Otto Rank, Will Therapy...
‘Before the Storm’ -For Israel, existential benefits of a time-advantaged war with Iran
Edited by: Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
The author, professor emeritus of international law at Purdue University, argues that ironic though it may sound, a managed conflict with a pre-nuclear Iran may be Israel's...
Institutionalizing criminal defilement: True meanings of Palestinian statehood
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
"...the Islamic Resistance Movement aspires to realize the promise of Allah, no matter how long it takes. The Prophet, Allah's prayer and peace...
Overlooked synergies: Iranian nuclear weapons and a Palestinian State
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
Though generally examined as unrelated perils, Iran’s nuclear weapons program and Palestinian statehood represent more than separate threats to Israel. Considered together, these threats,...
Israel and “Last things”
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
Examined historically, war and terror against Israel are better explained by eschatology (the study of “last things”) than by enemy hopes for “self-defense” or...
Deeper insights on Iran war and jihadist terror
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
“An immortal person is a contradiction in terms.”
Emmanuel Levinas, God, Death and Time (2000)
At first glance, Iranian aggression and jihadist terrorism are about secular political goals....
When truth is counter-intuitive
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
VLADIMIR: “Well? What do we do now”?
ESTRAGON: “Don’t let’s do anything. It’s safer.”
Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
The “Theatrical” Background
Understood as genre, there is ample good reason to...
Israel’s nuclear doctrine, ambiguity versus openness after Iran’s aggression
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
“For by Wise Counsel, Thou Shalt Make Thy War.”
Proverbs 24,6
Israel's nuclear posture remains “deliberately ambiguous.” In the past, this stance appears to have been sensible,...