Publication

This issue of INSS Strategic Assessment includes articles on 1) US-Israeli relations and how they were affected by the July-August 2014 Israeli military offensive against Gaza; 2) the position of Hizbollah in Lebanon and the wider region and how this could affect a potential future Israeli-Hizbollah war; 3) the importance of demography in Israeli strategy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; 4) the factors that account for the rise of the Islamic State (IS); 5) the impact of the civil war in Syria on the country; 6) the ability of Turkey and Iran to prevent the establishment of an independent Kurdish state; 7) Israel’s relations with Africa; and 8) Israel’s nuclear strategy.