Prof. Louis René Beres

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LOUIS RENÉ BERES (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971) is Emeritus Professor of International Law at Purdue. His twelfth and most recent book is Surviving Amid Chaos: Israel's Nuclear Strategy (2016) (2nd ed., 2018) https://paw.princeton.edu/new-books/surviving-amid-chaos-israel%E2%80%99s-nuclear-strategy Some of his principal strategic writings have appeared in Harvard National Security Journal (Harvard Law School); International Security (Harvard University); Yale Global Online (Yale University); Oxford University Press (Oxford University); Oxford Yearbook of International Law (Oxford University Press); Parameters: Journal of the US Army War College (Pentagon); Special Warfare (Pentagon); Modern War Institute (Pentagon); The War Room (Pentagon); World Politics (Princeton); INSS (The Institute for National Security Studies)(Tel Aviv); Israel Defense (Tel Aviv); BESA Perspectives (Israel); International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence; The Atlantic; The New York Times and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

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A Civilizational Struggle: Truth Versus Shadow in World Politics

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God, Death and Time: Deciphering Iran’s War Priorities

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Drifting Toward Chaos: Donald Trump, Iran and Nuclear War

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Well-Reasoned Scenarios: Israel, Iran and Nuclear War

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Rescuing the American Republic: Time to Look “Backwards” and “Forwards”

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“Dignity” and “Thought”: When the American President Declares War on Reason

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“No Attention to Spare for Reasoning”: When the American President Is “Mass Man”

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“America First” And Planetary Survival: A Primal Contradiction

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The Ultimate Test of Illegal Orders: Nuclear War Decision-Making by President Trump

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