Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
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The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA), is an independent academic body aspiring to contribute to promoting peace and security in the Middle East, through policy-oriented researches on national security in the Middle East, that is located near the Political Science department within Bar-Ilan University. The center was founded by Thomas Hecht, a Jewish-Canadian Leader, and was dedicated to Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat who signed the Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty, the first peace agreement ever signed between Israel and any other Arab country.
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[edit] The BESA Center
The center's publications and policy recommendations are targeted to number of audiences, including top Israeli decision makers, military men and citizens, within the foreign and security communities, the diplomatic circles, the academic community, the media, the broad Israeli public, and Jewish leaders around the world.
BESA center also organizes conferences, workshops, lectures, symposiums and briefings for the international and local communities, and gathers various field and academic experts, from Israel and around the world. BESA center has developed collaboration relations with some leading research centers around the world, from Ankara to Washington, and from London to Seoul. BESA holds various world experts on international relations, that are members in its international academic advising committee. Since it was founded, the center has published over 60 publications in Hebrew and in English.
[edit] Areas of Study
- Israeli strategic thought process
- The Regional deterrence and security
- Strategic alternatives within the Peace Process
- Interior and foreign policy of the Palestinian Authority
- Israeli Public opinion on national security
- Israel–United States relations
- Lower intensity of Terror and violence
- Israeli–Turkish strategic relations
- Security in the East to the Mediterranean Sea region
- Water sources in the Middle East
- WMD Proliferation
- Arms Control in the Middle East
- Military Industries
- IDF in the future
- Israel- Asia relations
[edit] Publications
BESA Center distributes two main series of publications:
- Mideast Security and Policy Studies
- Colloquia on National security
