Louis René Beres
ARTICLES BY: Louis René Beres
After the War: Why Palestine Would Be a Lawless and Militarized State
Once again, disparate voices are urging a “two-state solution” to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. For the most part, these urgings are either manipulative or naive, but...
Dangerous Intersections: Palestinian Statehood and Regional Nuclear War
When Israel completes its obligatory counter-terrorism war in Gaza, the issue of Palestinian statehood will insistently be raised. This perilous resurrection is foreseeable even though...
Israel Must Confront the Jihadist Desire for Immortality
Effective counter-terrorism is never just about strategy, tactics, or doctrine. Whatever an insurgency’s operational specifics, this area of national security planning should always remain starkly...
I’m an International Law Expert; Israel’s Actions in Gaza Are Completely Proportional to the Hamas Threat
On its face, the Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023, was beyond legal or ethical justification. Nonetheless, though Israel has every conceivable right to...
Israel Against Terrorism: The Primacy of Intellectual Struggle
Facing new cycles of terror attacks, Israel must prepare to look far beyond traditional forms of counter-terrorism strategy. Rather than remain preoccupied with high-technology weapons...
US Foreign Policy Threats to Israel’s National Security: Strategic Imperatives for Jerusalem
Though US President Donald Trump describes himself as pro-Israel, any serious analytic assessment of his foreign policies would point toward a different conclusion. On the...
What Happens to Israel if the US and Iran Go to War?
On core matters of peace and security, two closely interrelated questions must be asked and answered, capably: What precisely does Donald Trump have in mind...
‘America First’ Is an Anti-American Doctrine
In the 17th century, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes warned famously against anarchy in world politics, a condition that he associated with a “war of all...
America, Iran and ‘Anticipatory Self-Defense’
"Any attack by Iran on anything American will be met with great and overwhelming force. In some areas, overwhelming will mean obliteration.” - President Donald Trump,...
Saving America: Donald Trump Is the Symptom, Not the Illness
Despite endless reassurances to the contrary, America’s core problems can never be fixed by ritualized political activity or elections. In essence, no American government --...
After the Mueller Report
Donald Trump remains oddly deferential to Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the growing animosity between Washington and Moscow. Both international and US law unequivocally require...
Alliances With Dictators Won’t Benefit Israel
The world’s leading states have long believed in certain alleged benefits of realpolitik, or power politics. Although such traditional patterns of thinking would normally appear...
When an American President Undermines National Security
From his first day on the job, President Donald Trump has created impediments to American security. His disjointed policies have brought the United States unprecedented...
Does Trump’s Lack of Critical Thinking Undermine US Security?
The core problems of American national security are not about weapons or tactics. Those complex problems can never be resolved simply by ramping up lethal...
