The group's priority is preparing for fallout from the Syrian crisis, not provoking Israel into war.

Financial and political constraints will make it harder for many governments to maintain balance in the coming months.

Israel's ability to leverage recent energy finds will be complicated by enduring regional dynamics.

The political exploitation of recent actions by a Salafist cleric could further fragment the country.

An increasingly confident Sunni rebellion in Syria will try to challenge Hezbollah's authority in Lebanon.

With the battle for Damascus intensifying, Hezbollah is rumored to be recruiting senior Syrian officers.

The country faces a relatively new threat: instability on all its borders.

Some level of coordination can be expected.

Generational changes worldwide will be hard to deny in 2013.

Unlike Iron Dome, the David's Sling system will defend against longer-range rocket attacks.