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What Happened to the U.S. Deadline on Iran?

September 16, 2009 | Amb. Dore Gold

In 2003-2005, Tehran engaged with the EU-3 for two years, exploiting the talks to race ahead with construction of key uranium enrichment facilities, while fending off punitive measures by the UN Security Council for three entire years. Iran today is far more advanced than it was then and the time for diplomatic experimentation is extremely limited.

Israel’s Deterrence after the Second Lebanon War

February 13, 2007 | Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan

The Islamic fundamentalist war against Israeli and Jewish existence in the Middle East - which is being waged by both Hizbullah and Hamas - did not begin in 1967, and it is not going to end even if Israel redeploys along the 1967 lines. Hardly anybody in Israel thinks that if we give territories now, we will get peace in return.

Misreading the Second Lebanon War

January 16, 2007 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

What is the real mood of the Israeli people after the war? It is that we are not suckers and we are not going to make the same mistake again. We are not going to put ourselves in danger if it is not necessary. We unilaterally retreated from Lebanon and didn't retaliate for six years, and in the end we found Hizbullah in a stronger position to fight against us. When Israel retreated from Gaza what was the result? More Kassam rockets on Sderot and Ashkelon.

Deterrence in the Era of Terrorism and Non-Conventional Weaponry

February 9, 2003 | Dan Meridor

Rediscovering Deterrence after September 11, 2001

December 2, 2001 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg