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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Risks of a Nuclear War With North Korea: The Obligation of Intellect-Based Remedies

"Is it an end that draws near, or a beginning?"-Karl Jaspers, Man in the Modern Age (1951) Intellect and National Security In the end, nothing could...

Staying Focused: Why Israel Needs More Coherent Nuclear Doctrine and Strategy

Falling towers, Jerusalem Athens Alexandria, Vienna London, Unreal.-T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land On fundamental issues of national survival, the new Israeli prime minister must remain...

Science, Security and American Nuclear Strategy: An Intellectual Challenge

".... science - by which I mean the entire body of knowledge about things, whether corporeal or spiritual - is as much a work...

Israel, Hamas Terror and Power Over Death

"I believe is the one great word against metaphysical fear."-Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West (1918) Though misunderstood by Israel, there is no more...

Justice, Insurgency and the Gaza War: An International Law Perspective

"Justice is a contract neither to do nor to suffer wrong."-Plato, Republic Abstract: This essay will  focus upon current issues of insurgency, counterterrorism and Humanitarian...

A Time For Candor: What Have We Learned From The Pandemic?

"The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth." Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time (1971) By...

A Provident Posture for Israel: Facing Nuclear Iran as an Intellectual Problem

"Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence." Sun-Tzu, The Art of War Mitigating Trump-Policy Mistakes Though Donald Trump sought to convince...

Seeking Power Over Death: Lethal Mainspring Of World Politics

Abstract: At its core, history is the determinable record of humankind's struggle for and against death. Though such a bold assertion might first appear...

A Stain on Jewish Values: Israel’s Misguided Obeisance to Donald Trump

"That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the entire Torah; the rest is commentary.... Rabbi Hillel, Babylonian Talmud,...

After The Abraham Accords: Nuclear Deterrence And Nuclear War In The Middle East

Though the Trump-brokered Abraham Agreements with selected Sunni Arab states might first appear sensible, there is actually little here to celebrate. In essence, these...

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Anthropic Warns Advanced AI Could Outpace Human Control

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Russia and Africa Eye Stronger Economic Cooperation

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