Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

PSCRP-BESA Reports No 225 (August 14, 2026)

Kazakhstan is the second-largest state by area (after the Russian Federation) to have emerged as a result of the collapse of the USSR. At the time it gained independence, it was also the …

PSCRP-BESA Reports No 223 (August 10, 2026)

by Gershon Kogan, PhD

Script is rarely a neutral technical choice in this region. Which alphabet a state teaches its children is a declared vector of civilizational allegiance — a public signal of …

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,402, August 10, 2026

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The success of Israel’s 2023–2026 campaigns against Iran, its proxies, and its allies should not be judged by simplistic measures of targets destroyed or by the continuing existence or …

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,401, August 6, 2026

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Kargil War is remembered in India as a military victory, but its legacy extends far beyond the recapture of positions seized by Pakistani forces in 1999. It was …

PSCRP-BESA Reports No 222 (August 05, 2026)

Freight volumes moving along the Middle Corridor in both directions are steadily increasing, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said at the opening of the Fourth Shusha Global Media Forum. “We are also increasing the …