INDEX OF POLICY PAPERS

 

By Author

 

By Number

 

By Date:

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

 

By Topic:

Arab Anti-Semitism

Arafat

Golan

Ideology & Values

Islamic Threat

Israel's Grand Strategic Thinking

Israel's Strategic Alliances

Israel and its Neighbors

Israeli Media

Jewish Pathology

Middle East Arms Escalation

Middle East Defense Expenditures

Middle East Economy

Middle East "Peace Process"

Middle East Terror

Missile Threat

Oslo Accords -
Legal Aspects

Palestinian State

Settlements

Territorial Strategic Assets

Zionist Challenge

SECURITY THREATS AND EFFECTIVE REMEDIES: ISRAEL'S STRATEGIC, TACTICAL AND LEGAL OPTIONS

Louis René Beres

 

Policy Paper No. 102, 2000

Contents

Part I: Israel's Predicament

  • Rationale
     
  • On the Need for an Avant-Garde in Israeli Strategic Studies
     
  • Israel's Security Situation: An Overview
     
  • Options Presently Available to Israel
     
  • Conclusion

Part II: On "Peace", Nuclear Weapons, and Other Vital Issues

  • On Enemy Capabilities and Intentions
     
  • On Why Israel Needs Nuclear Weapons
     
  • On the Peace Process and Nuclear Terrorism
     
  • On the Peace Process, Terrorism, and the IDF Military Commander
     
  • On the Peace Process and the Samson Option
     
  • On the Peace Process and Palestinian/Golan Demilitarization
     
  • On Pakistan and the "Islamic Bomb"
     
  • On the Assassination of Terrorists
     

Part III: Reflections