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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.

The BESA Center

The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (also known by its acronym, the BESA Center) advances a realist, conservative, and Zionist agenda in the search for security and peace for Israel. The center conducts policy-relevant research on strategic subjects, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and Middle East regional affairs.

BESA Center publications and policy recommendations are directed at senior Israeli decision-makers in military and civilian life, the defense and foreign affairs establishments in Israel and abroad, the diplomatic corps, the press, the academic community, leaders of Jewish communities around the world, and the educated public.

The center sponsors conferences, lectures, and briefings for international and local audiences, bringing together leading experts from academia and public life, from Israel and abroad. The center has developed cooperative relations with leading strategic research institutes throughout the world, from Ankara to Washington and from London to Seoul. The Center conducts specialized research on contract to the Israeli foreign affairs and defense establishment, and for NATO.

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

Publications

BESA Center distributes two main series of publications:

Mideast Security and Policy Studies
Colloquia on National security

External links

The BESA Homepage

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 ==The BESA Center==
+The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (also known by its acronym, the BESA Center) advances a realist, conservative, and Zionist agenda in the search for security and peace for Israel. The center conducts policy-relevant research on strategic subjects, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and Middle East regional affairs.
-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 [[Jew]]ish leaders around the world.
+BESA Center publications and policy recommendations are directed at senior Israeli decision-makers in military and civilian life, the defense and foreign affairs establishments in Israel and abroad, the diplomatic corps, the press, the academic community, leaders of Jewish communities around the world, and the educated public.
-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, D.C.|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 language|Hebrew]] and in [[English language|English]].
+The center sponsors conferences, lectures, and briefings for international and local audiences, bringing together leading experts from academia and public life, from Israel and abroad. The center has developed cooperative relations with leading strategic research institutes throughout the world, from Ankara to Washington and from London to Seoul. The Center conducts specialized research on contract to the Israeli foreign affairs and defense establishment, and for NATO.
 ==Areas of Study==