Louis René Beres
Power over death: The ultimate reward for jihadi terrorists - opinion
Donald Trump’s contempt for logic could end in devastation for the United States - opinion
Trump’s ‘defeat’ of Hamas is a shallow peace - opinion
Donald Trump's peace for Ukraine is a warning for Israel - opinion
Trump’s “peace” for Ukraine calls for that persistently heroic state to accept its own annihilation.
Trump's risky nuclear policy: 'Tepid legality' is preferable to 'maximum lethality' - opinion
Unless the United States and other states refuse to follow Donald Trump's incoherent policies, a nuclear war could rage until every sturdy flower of culture had been trampled.
'Moshe Dayan': Shedding analytical light on an Israeli war hero - review
Moshe Dayan: The Making of a Strategist is an outstanding book on multiple levels, offering valuable historical assessments and useful derivative opportunities to learn from Israel’s past.
Is Hamas trying to wait out the clock on Trump's Gaza peace plan? - opinion
Any enemy linkage of time to a presumptively divine mandate will reduce the importance of treaties and treaty-like agreements.
Exchanging Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages sets stage for further massacres - opinion
In essence, the Donald Trump-brokered agreement will set the stage for a next round of October 7 massacre-style defilements.
Palestinian sovereignty and international law: Limits of UN recognition - opinion
Among other things, if current UN member states seek to establish the first Palestinian state, they will have to honor all listed expectations of the Montevideo (1933) and Vienna (1969) conventions.
Israel was enforcing the law when it targeted Hamas leadership in Qatar - opinion
In contrast to media reports, Israel's strikes in Qatar were consistent with codified and customary international law.
Ignored complexities: ‘Palestine’ as a many-sided peril for Israel - opinion
A Palestinian state would affect the constantly changing balance of power between Israel and its adversaries, both state and substate (terrorist group) foes.
Standing with Ukraine, but not risking a greater war with Russia - opinion
US and NATO remedies would need to calculate variously complex hazards of competitive risk-taking.
Jihadist criminality, Israeli self-defense: A law-based assessment - opinion
The alleged goal of Palestinian 'self-determination' is founded on an intended crime – that is, total “removal” of the Jewish state by attrition and annihilation.