Tag: Deterrence
JNS poll: Most Israelis think early elections would hurt deterrence
While 60% of Israelis are dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the conflicts on the country’s southern and northern borders, the majority believes that early elections would hurt the war effort, according to a...
Bennett to Hamas: ‘Our patience has run out’
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned Hamas on Sunday that Israel will not tolerate a “trickle” of attacks from the Gaza Strip.
Speaking at a memorial service at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem for the soldiers...
Israeli experts debate how to approach an increasingly belligerent Iran
It’s not every day that the head of the Mossad gives a public address, so when he does, people listen. His remarks come on the heels of Iran having officially breached the limit of...
Israel’s Nuclear Ambiguity: Would a Shift to Selective Nuclear Disclosure Enhance Strategic Deterrence?
"Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence."
—Sun-Tzu, The Art of War
For Israel, a principal component of national strategy has always been to keep military nuclear assets shrouded in the...
Madness, Irrationality, and the Logic of Deterrence
Do you know what it means to find yourselves face to face with a madman? Madmen, lucky folk, construct without logic, or rather with a logic that flies like a feather. (Luigi Pirandello, Henry IV)
In...