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.