Events 2010

Dr. Gary Samore, White House Coordinator on Arms Control, at INSS July 13, 2010 Dr. Gary Samore, Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction, met with members of the INSS research staff and invited guests at INSS.

The Preparedness of the Civilian Front in 2010 July 04, 2010 The conference was held at INSS, from. Among the speakers: Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai. Brig. Gen. Itai Brun; Maj. Gen. Yair Golan; Brig. Gen. Zeev Zuk-Rom, and others. more info

The Withdrawal from Lebanon: Ten Years Later June 28, 2010 Within the framework of the Military and Strategic Affairs Program, INSS held a conference "The Withdrawal from Lebanon: Ten Years Later." Defense Minister Ehud Barak deliveedr the closing lecture. The conference (in Hebrew) was held at INSS from 16:30-20:45, was broadcast live on the INSS website. more info

Towards Nuclear Disarmament? June 08, 2010 The conference "Towards Nuclear Disarmament? Obama, the NPT Review Conference, and Security in the Middle East" took place at INSS . The keynote address was delivered by Mr. Gideon Frank of the Israel Atomic Energy Agency. Speakers on the panel discussion that followed were: Amb. Jeremy Issacharoff, Dr. Emily Landau, Mr. Alon Bar, Prof. Yoram Meital, and Dr. Oded Eran. more info

Yariv Memorial Conference: Sttate of the Nation May 17, 2010 The annual Yariv memorial conference on "The State of the Nation" was held on Monday, May 17, 2010 at INSS (in Hebrew). Among the speakers: National Security Advisor Prof. Uzi Arad; Minister Benny Begin, Haim Ramon; Dr. Anat Kurz; Minister of Education Gideon Saar; Dr. Yehuda Ben Meir; Prof. Haim Ben-Shahar; Minister of Information and Diaspora Yuli Edelstein; Maj. Gen. (ret.) Giora Eiland; Dr. Ephraim Kam; Brig. Gen. (ret.) Shlomo Brom; Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel; and IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Benny Ganz. more info

Al-Qaeda, Israel, and the Campaign against Terror March 22, 2010 Among the speakers: Dr. Assaf Maliah, Dr. Assaf Moghadam; Yoram Schweitzer, and Dr. Gabriel Siboni. The conference (in Hebrew) was held at INSS. more info

Speech by Vice President Jospeh R. Biden March 11, 2010 INSS, with the Embassy of the United States of America and Tel Aviv University, sponsored an address by the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Vice President of the United States, followed by a question and answer session. The event took place at Tel Aviv University. more info

Strategic Choices for the US and Israel: INSS Seminar in New York City January 12, 2010 The Institute for National Security Studies held a seminar in New York for friends and supporters of the INSS. Ambassador Susan Rice, the US permanent representative to the UN, presented a wide perspective of the major pillars of the US foreign policy. MK Tzachi Hanegbi, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, emphasized the Iranian nuclear threat and the threats posed by Hamas and Hizbollah. In the second half of the program, Ambassadors Itamar Rabinovich, Martin Indyk, Dan Gillerman, and Oded Eran held a panel discussion on the peace process. The event was co-chaired by the Chairman of the INSS Board Mr. Frank Lowy and Mr. Andrew Tisch, and was co-hosted by American Friends of Tel Aviv University. more info