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LOUIS RENE BERES

LOUIS RENE BERES, Professor of Political Science and International Law at Purdue University, was educated at Princeton (Ph.D., 1971) and is the author of ten books and several hundred scholarly articles and monographs. Born in Switzerland on August 31, 1945, he lectures and publishes widely in the United States and abroad on matters relating to terrorism, nuclear terrorism, nuclear strategy, and nuclear war. His work on Israeli security concerns is well-known in Israel, where he is a frequent speaker on military and defense matters.

In recent years Professor Beres has lectured at such Israeli venues as the Dayan Forum (with Maj. Gen. Avihu Ben-Nun); the National Defence College (IDF); the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies; BESA (Bar-Ilan University); Likud Chamber; Likud Security Group; the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; and the International Christian Embassy (Jerusalem). He has co-authored several articles with AMB. Zalman Shoval dealing with the hazards, to Israel, of Palestinian demilitarization in a Palestinian state, and he was featured in a widely-reprinted debate with Maj. Gen. Shlomo Gazit (former Chief of IDF Intelligence Branch) on the ?Middle East Peace Process.? This debate appeared originally in MIDSTREAM magazine. The lead article in the prior month?s MIDSTREAM was an article by Professor Beres titled: ?The Argument for Israeli Nuclear Weapons.? An early book by Professor Beres, SECURITY OR ARMAGEDDON: ISRAEL?S NUCLEAR STRATEGY (1986) dealt with a matter of still-growing concern for all who care aboutthe survival of Israel. Other recent law journal articles were co-authored with COL. (IDF/Res.) Yoash Tsiddon-Chatto, former Chief of Planning for the Israel Air Force. Professor Beres is a frequent contributor to NATIV, BTZEDEK and the Policy Papers Series of the Ariel Center for Policy Research. A member of that Center?s Advisory Council, he is author of ISRAEL?S SURVIVAL IMPERATIVES: THE OSLO AGREEMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND NATIONAL STRATEGY (Policy Paper No. 25) and SECURITY THREATS AND EFFECTIVE REMEDIES: ISRAEL?S STRATEGIC, TACTICAL AND LEGAL OPTIONS (Policy paper No. 102).

Professor Beres?s work is well-known to P M Sharon, to the intelligence and academic communities in Israel, and to the IDF General Staff. He is Chair of Project Daniel, a small group effort to advise the PM on certain existential security issues, primarily growing threats of nuclear war and unconventional terrorism. In January 2003 the group presented the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense and the Chief of General Staff with its full report: ISRAEL?S STRATEGIC FUTURE. Members of Project Daniel include former members of the IDF General Staff and an IAF Chief of Planning.

In the United States Professor Beres has worked on matters of nuclear terrorism with the Defense Nuclear Agency (DoD); Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Nuclear Control Institute; and the JFK Special Warfare Center (DoD). He is also Strategic and Military Affairs analyst for THE JEWISH PRESS in New York City. Professor Beres?s columns appear often in such newspapers as THE NEW YORK TIMES; INDIANAPOLIS STAR; CHICAGO TRIBUNE; LOS ANGELES TIMES; USA TODAY; BOSTON GLOBE; WASHINGTON POST; CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR; JERUSALEM POST (Israel); HAARETZ (Israel) and NEUE ZUERICHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland).

Professor Beres?s writings can be found on the web simply by searching for ?Louis Rene Beres? with any search engine.

18 January 2006

LOUIS RENE BERES, Professor of Political Science and International Law at
Purdue University (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971), is Chair of Project Daniel. The
"Daniel" final report - ISRAEL'S STRATEGIC FUTURE - was originally
presented to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on January 16, 2003. Since
that time, the report's contents - no longer confidential - have been
briefed to senior defense officials in Tel-Aviv and Washington, and (by PM
Sharon) to the President of the United States. At this time, in mid-January
of 2006, it appears likely that international community sanctions against
Iran will fail, and that specific Project Daniel recommendations regarding
preemption, targeting and selective nuclear disclosure will be adopted in
Jerusalem.*
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Professor Beres' published warnings on Iranian nuclearization go back
fifteen years:

Louis Rene Beres, "Israel, Force and International Law: Assessing
Anticipatory Self-Defense," THE JERUSALEM JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS, Vol. 13., No. 2., June 1991, pp. 1 - 14.

Louis Rene Beres, "After the Gulf War: Israel, `Palestine' and the Risk of
Nuclear War in the Middle East," STRATEGIC REVIEW, Vol. XIX, No. 4., Fall
1991, pp. 48 - 55.

Louis Rene Beres, "Israel, Iran and Prospects for Nuclear War in the Middle
East," STRATEGIC REVIEW, Vol. XXI., No. 2., Spring 1993, pp. 52 - 60.

Louis Rene Beres, "Israel, Iran and Nuclear War: A Tactical and Legal
Assessment," JERSUSALEM LETTER, Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs,
Jerusalem, Israel, November 1993, pp. 1-7.

Louis Rene Beres, "North Korea Today, Iran Tomorrow," MIDSTREAM, June/July
1994, pp. 5 - 7. Co-authored with COL. (IDF/Res.) Yoash Tsiddon-Chatto.

Louis Rene Beres, "The Security and Future of Israel: An Exchange,"
MIDSTREAM, Vol. XXXXI., No. 5., June/July 1995, pp. 15 - 23. An oft-reprinted
debate between Professor Beres and Maj. General (IDF/Res.) Shlomo Gazit, a
former Chief of the IDF Intelligence Branch (AMAN) and later Military
Advisor to Prime Minister Shimon Peres.

Louis Rene Beres, "Israel, Iran and Preemption: Choosing The Least
Unattractive Option Under International Law," DICKINSON JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW, Vol. 14, No. 2., Winter 1996, pp. 187 - 206.

Louis Rene Beres, "Israel, Iran and Nuclear War: A Jurisprudential
Assessment," UCLA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
Spring 1996, Vol. 1., No. 1., pp. 65 - 97.

Louis Rene Beres, "The Iranian Threat to Israel: Capabilities and
Intentions," INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, Vol. 9., No. 1., Spring 1996, pp. 51 - 62.
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Louis Rene Beres, "The Iranian Threat to Israel," MIDSTREAM, Vol. 44., No. 6.,
September/October 1998, pp. 8 - 11.

Louis Rene Beres, SECURITY THREATS AND EFFECTIVE REMEDIES: ISRAEL'S
STRATEGIC, TACTICAL AND LEGAL OPTIONS: A Comprehensive Master Plan for
the Jewish State in the Third Millennium, The Ariel Center For Policy
Research (Israel), ACPR Policy Paper No. 102, April 2000, 110 pp.

Louis Rene Beres, "Iran's Growing Threat to Israel," MIDSTREAM, Vol. XXXXVI.,
No. 7., November 2000, pp. 2 - 4.

Louis Rene Beres, "Israel and the Bomb," a Dialogue With Professor Zeev
Maoz, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY (Harvard), Vol. 29., No. 1., Summer 2004, pp. 1 -
4.
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*See ISRAEL'S STRATEGIC FUTURE: PROJECT DANIEL, The Project Daniel
Group, Louis Rene Beres, Chair, Ariel Center For Policy Research (Israel),
ACPR Policy Paper No. 155, May 2004, 64 pp. The Project Daniel Group is
comprised of the following individual members:

Professor Louis Rene Beres, Chair, USA

Naaman Belkind, Former Assistant to the Israeli Deputy Minister of
Defense For Special Means, Israel

Major General (Res.), Israel Air Force, Professor Isaac Ben-Israel,
Israel

Dr. Rand H. Fishbein, Former Professional Staff Member, US Senate
Appropriations Committee, and former Special Assistant for National
Security Affairs to Senator Daniel K. Inouye, USA

Dr. Adir Pridor, Lt. COL.(Ret.) Israel Air Force; Former Head of
Military Analyses, RAFAEL, Israel

Former MK/COL. (Res.) Israel Air Force, Yoash Tsiddon-Chatto, Israel

The views expressed in ISRAEL'S STRATEGIC FUTURE: PROJECT DANIEL are
those of its individual members, and do not necessarily reflect the views
of any institution or government.