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Retired Generals in Israeli Politics: Concerning Backstep or Status Quo?
RUSI Newsbrief, 8 August 2019
Ian Westerman
Concern over the political rise of former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz is misplaced. The military’s role in Israeli politics has always served to reinforce democratic values, not erode them.
Tags: Civil–Military Relations, Israel, Global Security Issues
WhatsApp Hack Calls into Question Government Use of Commercial Spyware
Commentary, 17 June 2019
Sneha Dawda and Alexander Babuta
As government use of commercial spyware becomes increasingly commonplace, stronger checks and balances will be needed to ensure software providers are acting in the public interest.
Tags: Cyber, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, Organised Crime and Policing, Israel, Information, Intelligence, Technology
The End of the Two-State Solution to the Israel–Palestine Conflict? Turkey and the Kushner Plan
Commentary, 17 May 2019
Burcu Ozcelik
The unveiling of the ‘deal of the century’ to resolve the thorny Arab–Israeli conflict, conjured up by chief negotiator and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is rumored to be imminent. Turkey will also be affected.
Tags: RUSI International, Turkey, Israel, Global Security Issues, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Israel’s World is Shrinking: How the Iran–Russia Axis is Gaining Ground
RUSI Newsbrief, 18 April 2019
Kyle Orton
Israeli opinion generally regards the country’s efforts to contain Iran, especially in Syria, as having been successful. In fact, the trendline runs the other way: Iran is constraining Israel, entrenching all around the Jewish state.
Tags: Iran, Russia, Syria, Israel, Global Security Issues
Israel’s Election: It Is Bibi All the Way
Commentary, 11 April 2019
Michael Stephens
Binyamin Netanyahu has won the Israeli election, setting the scene for a right-wing administration which may well be tempted to formally annex the occupied territories and set Israel on a dangerous gambit.
Tags: RUSI International, Israel, Middle East and North Africa
Ministers Meet to Discuss Middle East in Warsaw Conference Beset by Divisions in the West
Commentary, 21 February 2019
Wojciech Pawlus
Poland has improved its bilateral strategic links with the US by hosting an American-inspired conference on the future of the Middle East. But the conference did nothing to improve Western coherence.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, US Defence Policy, Iran, Israel, Global Security Issues, Europe, Middle East and North AfricaPages
The End of the Two-State Solution to the Israel–Palestine Conflict? Turkey and the Kushner Plan
Commentary, 17 May 2019Burcu Ozcelik
The unveiling of the ‘deal of the century’ to resolve the thorny Arab–Israeli conflict, conjured up by chief negotiator and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is rumored to be imminent. Turkey will also be affected.
RUSI International, Turkey, Israel, Global Security Issues, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Israel’s Election: It Is Bibi All the Way
Commentary, 11 April 2019Michael Stephens
Binyamin Netanyahu has won the Israeli election, setting the scene for a right-wing administration which may well be tempted to formally annex the occupied territories and set Israel on a dangerous gambit.
RUSI International, Israel, Middle East and North Africa
Ministers Meet to Discuss Middle East in Warsaw Conference Beset by Divisions in the West
Commentary, 21 February 2019Wojciech Pawlus
Poland has improved its bilateral strategic links with the US by hosting an American-inspired conference on the future of the Middle East. But the conference did nothing to improve Western coherence.
Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, US Defence Policy, Iran, Israel, Global Security Issues, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
Israel, Russia and Iran: Interests Trump All
Commentary, 13 February 2018Joseph Millis
A flare-up in the skies above Israel and Syria over the weekend has put a strain on Binyamin Netanyahu’s close ties with Vladimir Putin. The clash also makes it clear that Moscow is the boss when it comes to the Middle East.
Iran, Russia, Syria, Israel
Israel and India: The Ties that Bind
Commentary, 23 January 2018Joseph Millis
A moribund Middle East peace process means that Israel is finding it increasingly tough to do business with its biggest trading partner, the EU. So, the self-proclaimed ‘Start-Up Nation’ is looking elsewhere for deals, and India fits the bill nicely.
India, IsraelPages
Israel’s Counter-Asymmetric Warfare and Security on the Korean Peninsula
RUSI Journal, 18 March 2014Soon Ho Lee
Does Israel’s approach to countering asymmetric warfare yield any useful lessons for South Korea?
RUSI Journal, North Korea, Counterinsurgency, Israel, Defence Policy, Pacific, Middle East and North AfricaPages
"Dr Karin von Hippel discusses the tension between Iran-Israel tensions on BBC Radio 4 PM"
Dr Karin von Hippel on Iran-Israel tensions
In The News, 10 May 2018 Tags: United States, Iran, Israel, Global Security Issues
"The U.S. is not just criticizing the nuclear deal, but it taking on the entire foreign policy of Iran — what it is doing in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, its ballistic missile program.” Chalmers doesn’t think those issues can be dealt with through talks. “The idea you can bring all of them to the negotiating table is most unrealistic.”"
All Eyes on Israel as Mideast Tensions Spike
In The News, 9 May 2018 Tags: Israel, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
""There has been a big change in the situation in the last few weeks in a sense that up to now the confrontation between Iran and Israel has been essentially conducted through proxies," Jonathan Eyal, the international director at the Royal United Services Institute, told Business Insider."
Israel has been punishing Iran in Syria and looks to be preparing for a massive war — but it's surrounded by rockets
In The News, 1 May 2018 Tags: RUSI International, Iran, Israel, Middle East and North Africa
"Justin Bronk, research fellow for airpower and technology at the Royal United Services Institute think thank, laid out a “nightmare scenario” for a geographically small country like Israel, whose enemies are only a few miles away in Syria or southern Lebanon and therefore well within drone distance."
How insurgents across the Middle East turned drones into deadly weapons
In The News, 14 February 2018 Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, Israel, Technology, Middle East and North Africa
Diversity in the UK's Intelligence Agencies
Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism
New UK Government Initiative to Support High-Risk, High-Reward Military Science Needs Refinement