BESA Studies in International Security is a series of high-quality scholarly books on international security mainly focused on the Middle East, though not solely. Grounded in theoretical foundations, the series provides an analysis of the forces, trends, and dilemmas facing decision-makers in the realm of foreign policy and national security. The series is designed to be accessible to a broad audience, both professional and academic, as well as to students.
By Ian Westerman
February 13, 2024
This book examines Israel’s civil-military relations (CMR) in order to explore alternatives to orthodox Western models of security sector reform (SSR) in post-conflict societies. This book argues that the guidelines of SSR have always tended to draw on theoretical work in the field of CMR and focus...
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By Efraim Inbar, Jonathan Rynhold
May 25, 2017
This book examines US foreign policy and global standing in the 21st Century. The United States is the most powerful actor in world politics today. Against this backdrop, the present volume examines how the foreign policies pursued by Presidents’ George W. Bush and Barack Obama have affected elite ...
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By Stuart A. Cohen
April 09, 2015
This edited book constitutes the first detailed attempt at a comparative international analysis of the transformations that are currently affecting the composition of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and their place in Israeli society. Focusing primarily on deviations from the ...
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By Efraim Inbar
September 11, 2014
This volume analyzes the political, economic and strategic dimensions of the recent upheavals in the Middle East known as the Arab Spring. Mass demonstrations in many Arab states challenged the political status quo and the existing political and cultural system in the region. While it is too early ...
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By Jonathan Fox, Shmuel Sandler
January 25, 2008
This new book tackles two crucial questions: First, how does religion in its various forms and manifestations influence world politics? Second, how will adding religion to the discourse on international relations modify our theoretical understanding? Each of these leading authors addresses ...
By Yehezkel Dror
December 14, 2012
This book offers a systematic examination, analysis and evaluation of Israeli national security statecraft in terms of challenges and responses. Providing an in-depth analysis of Israeli statecraft challenges and responses, this interdisciplinary book integrates social science and security studies...
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By Eytan Gilboa, Efraim Inbar
December 06, 2010
This book examines in depth the fundamental problems, factors and issues in current US-Israeli relations, which will have implications both for the Middle East and for world peace and prosperity. The US and Israel have established an exceptional relationship, which has significant effects on ...
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By Efraim Inbar, Hillel Frisch
March 02, 2009
Radical Islam poses a political challenge in the modern world which is like that of no other radical religious movement. Ideologically, it is perceived by Western policy makers as threatening the liberal-democratic ideology by which most states in the West abide and which most other states ...
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By Efraim Inbar
August 30, 2003
By their nature, democracies clearly have greater constraints than autocratic regimes on their freedom of action as they have to meet constitutional, legal and moral criteria in their use of force. This collection analyses a number of case studies showing how democracies have won small wars....