The US and Israel under Changing Political Circumstances: Preface

This volume compiles edited versions of presentations delivered in December 2008 at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) second annual international conference, “Security Challenges of the 21st Century.” The conference was held in Tel Aviv, shortly after Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, and a few weeks before the February 2009 government elections in Israel. This transition period for both countries provided the focus of the conference: “The US and Israeli Roles in the Middle East under Changing Political Circumstances.”