Yaakov Lappin
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 Yaakov Lappin is a journalist for the Jerusalem Post, where he covers military and national security affairs, and is author of the book The Virtual Caliphate.
On a daily basis, Yaakov provides breaking security and defense news coverage on Israel and the Middle East. He also covers key developments affecting Israeli national security and strategic regional developments. Yaakov appears as a commentator on several international and Israeli news programs for both television and radio.
Yaakov holds an MA in the History of International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA in Politics and Modern History from the University of Manchester.
JINSA Visiting Fellow Yaakov Lappin explains that as the flags, ceremonies, and fireworks washed over the land, defense chiefs delivered annual speeches, in which they signaled to the nation that while things appeared to be quiet on the surface, behind the scenes, security tensions are high, and the immediate future is volatile and unpredictable.
U.S. President Barack Obama is in Israel today on for his first state visit. He will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss three core strategic security issues. JINSA Visiting Fellow Yaakov Lappin explains these issues in this JINSA Analysis.
JINSA Visiting Fellow Yaakov Lappin concludes that the predawn air strike - presumably by the Israel Air Force - on a target (or targets) in Syria on January 30 carries with it ominous implications for Hezbollah and Iran.
JINSA Visiting Fellow Yaakov Lappin explores the possibility that the escalation of violence in the West Bank is the beginning of a third intifada.
JINSA Visiting Fellow Yaakov Lappin explains that Israel's air campaign against Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza last month helped establish a successful anti-rocket/missile combat doctrine, which was well-designed for that particular conflict. He maintains that this doctrine will not be applicable against Hezbollah.
JINSA Visiting Fellow Yaakov Lappin explains that Israel is facing an unenviable challenge these days, to regain its deterrence in a chaotic neighborhood in which its enemies are feeling emboldened. As a direct result of the regional turmoil, Israel is dealing with the deterioration of security on two fronts simultaneously.
JINSA Visiting Fellow Yaakov Lappin on the repercussions of the foreign UAV that flew over Israel last week and the larger picture that includes Hezbollah, Iran, and the missile threat.
JINSA Visiting Fellow Yaakov Lappin expains why and future confrontation with Hezbollah does not resemble the indecisive outcome of the 2006 Second Lebanon War. He contends that this is highly important since it will be Hezbollah, with its tens of thousands of rockets, that will lead Iran's reprisal attempts for any potential Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear weapons development program.
JINSA Visiting Fellow Yaakov Lappin discusses Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's recent campaign against the post-revolution political ambitions of the Egyptian military. This move sent clear message to Egypt and beyond: his civilian Islamist government is now in charge.
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