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Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa

Aims

The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies is a non-partisan and independent institute, affiliated with the Political Studies department at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. The BESA Center provides policy-oriented research on matters of strategy, security and peace in the Middle East.

Activities

The BESA Center's publications and policy recommendations are directed at a number of audiences, including senior Israeli decision-makers, in military and civilian life, the Defense and Foreign Affairs establishments in Israel, the diplomatic corps, the press, the academic community, the broader public and leaders of the Jewish communities around the world. The BESA Center also sponsors conferences, workshops, lectures, symposia and briefings for international and local audiences, bringing together leading experts from the field and the academia, from Israel and abroad.

Publications and other Resources

The BESA Center publishes Mideast Security and Policy Studies, BESA Colloquia on Strategy and Diplomacy, Feher Annual European Scholar Series and a range of books on issues of international security. Selected articles, conference lectures and speeches are available on the website at no cost in both PDF and HTML formats and in both English and Hebrew (articles are usually only available in one language and one format not both).