Louis René Beres is emeritus professor of
political science
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and
international law
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at
Purdue University
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in
West Lafayette, Indiana
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. He was born on August 31, 1945, in
Zürich, Switzerland
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, and earned his Ph.D. at
Princeton University
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in 1971. Beres has written many books and currently also writes editorials for various major newspapers and magazines.
Research
Beres has written twelve books and several hundred scholarly articles and monographs. He also lectures widely on matters of terrorism, strategy and international law, including at such Israeli venues as the Dayan Forum (with Maj. Gen. Avihu Ben-Nun); the
National Security College (IDF); the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies; The
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (
Bar-Ilan University
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);
Likud
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Chamber; Likud Security Group; and the
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
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. As an expert on nuclear war and nuclear terrorism, he is closely involved with Israeli security issues at the highest levels. He was Chair of "
Project Daniel," a group advising Israel's Prime Minister on existential nuclear questions. The group's final report, "Israel's Strategic Future", has been discussed in major media.
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Other affiliations
In the United States, Beres has worked on matters of nuclear terrorism with
Department of Defense
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agencies as the
Defense Nuclear Agency
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and the
JFK Special Warfare Center; with
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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;
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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; and with
Nuclear Control Institute."
He was a contributing expert to the and is a regular contributor to
Israel Defense (Tel Aviv).
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Ariel Center for Policy Research.
Popular writings
Beres' columns have appeared in such newspapers as The ''New York Times
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, Washington Times
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, Indianapolis Star
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, Chicago Tribune
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, Los Angeles Times
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, USA Today
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, Boston Globe
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, Washington Post
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, Christian Science Monitor
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, The Jerusalem Post
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'' (Israel), ''Arutz Sheva
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'' (Israel), ''Haaretz
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'' (Israel) and ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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...
'' (Switzerland).The National Interest
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'', '' Harvard National Security Journal'' (Harvard Law School), '' Yale Global Online'' (Yale University), and ''The Atlantic
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''.
Beres was featured in a widely-reprinted debate with Shlomo Gazit
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(former Chief of IDF Intelligence Branch) on the " Middle East Peace Process." This debate appeared originally in ''Midstream
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'' magazine. The lead article in the prior month's ''Midstream'' was an article by Professor Beres titled: "The Argument for Israeli Nuclear Weapons."
Publications
*''Surviving amid Chaos: Israel's Nuclear Strategy'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016)
*''Force, Order and Justice: International Law in the Age of Atrocity'' (Transnational Pub., 1997)
*''Terrorism and Global Security: The Nuclear Threat'' (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1979), 161 pp. (2nd ed., 1987).
*''America Outside the World: The Collapse of U.S. Foreign Policy'' (Lexington, Mass. 1987, Lexington Books), 172 p.
*''Security or Armageddon: Israel's Nuclear Strategy'' (Lexington, Mass. 1986, Lexington Books), 242 pp.
*''Reason and Realpolitik: U.S. Foreign Policy and World Order'' (Lexington, Mass. 1984, Lexington Books), 143 pp.
*''Mimicking Sisyphus: America’s Countervailing Nuclear Strategy'' (Lexington, Mass. 1983, Lexington Books), 142 pp.
*''Myths and Realities: US Nuclear Strategy'' (Muscatine, Iowa 1982, Stanley Foundation), 23 pp.
*''Nuclear Strategy and World Order: The United States Imperative'' ( ew York1982, World Order Models Project), 52 pp.
*''People, States, and World Order'' (Itasca, Ill. 1981, F.E. Peacock Publishers), 237 pp.
*''Apocalypse: Nuclear Catastrophe in World Politics'' (Chicago and London 1980, The University of Chicago Press), 315 pp. (2nd ed., 1982).
*''Planning Alternative World Futures: Values, Methods, and Models'' edited by Louis René Beres, Harry R. Targ. (New York 1975, Praeger) 312 pp. (2nd ed., 1977).
*''Transforming World Politics: The National Roots of World Peace'' (Denver 1975, University of Denver), 51 pp.
*''The Management of World Power: A Theoretical Analysis'' (Denver 1973, University of Denver), 93 pp.
*''Like Two Scorpions in a Bottle: Could Israel and Nuclear Iran coexist in the Middle East'' . Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, VIII:1, 23-32
References
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1945 births
Living people
American legal scholars
Swiss political scientists
Purdue University faculty
Academics from Zurich