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Transforming Israel's Security Establishment

Alon Paz

In this groundbreaking study, Col. Alon Paz, IDF, offers his recommendations for an overhaul of Israeli security strategy. Guiding his study is the notion that guile -- or cunning -- must supplant brute force as the nation's operating security principle.

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In Focus: Russia's Military Escalation in Syria

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Misanalysis Makes a Mess

Robert Satloff and James F. Jeffrey

U.S. policy in Syria is failing because the Obama administration is prioritizing the urgent (rolling back ISIS) over the truly important (preventing Iran and Russia from rearranging Middle East security to their benefit).