INSS 15th Annual International Conference
A Time for Critical Decisions
INSS Annual Conference VOD
Opening Evening
February 1, 2022- Click to watch the conference in full - or individual sessions
Conference Day
February 2, 2022- Click to watch the conference in full - or individual sessions
Participants
The Hon. Naftali Bennett
Prime Minister of Israel
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Benny Gantz
Israeli Minister of Defense
MK Yair Lapid
Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Tamar Zandberg
Israeli Minister of Environmental Protection
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Ehud Barak
Former Prime Minister of Israel
Ms. Tzipi Livni
Former Israeli Foreign Minister and Vice Prime Minister
H.E. Thomas R. Nides
United States Ambassador to Israel
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gadi Eisenkot
Former IDF Chief of General Staff and Senior Research Fellow, INSS
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman
UANI Chairman, former United States Senator
Dr. Ebtesam Al Ketbi
President of Emirates Policy Center (EPC)
Ms. Dana Stroul
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East
Mr. David Schenker
Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg
Executive Director, INSS
Sir Frank Lowy
Chairman of the INSS Board of Directors
Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel
Managing Director, INSS
Ms. Sima Shine
Senior Research Fellow, INSS
Brig. Gen. (res.) Assaf Orion
INSS Senior Research Fellow
Col. (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch
Senior Research Fellow, INSS
Dr. Shira Efron
Senior Research Fellow, INSS
Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dr. Meir Elran
Senior Research Fellow, INSS
Dr. Gallia Lindenstrauss
Senior Research Fellow, INSS
Schedule
- Greetings & Opening Remarks
Sir Frank Lowy, Chairman of the INSS Board of Directors • Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director, INSS
- Keynote Address | The Hon. Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of Israel
- Interview | H.E. Thomas R. Nides, United States Ambassador to Israel
Conversation with Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director, INSS
- Simulation | International Summit on an Israeli-Palestinian Arrangement
The simulation will be analyzed by Ms. Tzipi Livni, former Israeli Foreign Minister and Vice Prime Minister, member of the INSS Board of Directors and Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gadi Eisenkot, former IDF Chief of General Staff and Senior Research Fellow, INSS
- Closing Address | MK Yair Lapid, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Interview | Between East and West: China and the United States – And Where is Israel?
Conversation between Brig. Gen. (res.) Assaf Orion, Senior Research Fellow, INSS and Ms. Irit Ben Abba, Israelli Ambassador to China and Mongolia
- Panel | The Challenge of Tribalism in Israeli Society
Moderator: Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dr. Meir Elran, Senior Research Fellow, INSS | Participants: Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gadi Eisenkot, former IDF Chief of General Staff and Senior Research Fellow, INSS • Prof. Mohammed Wattad, Associate Professor and Dean of Law at Zefat Academic College, and Senior Research Fellow, INSS • Dr. Moran Nagid, Head of the Department of Society and Government, Kohelet Policy Forum • Dr. Gali Sembira, former Director General, Shaharit Institute
- Interview | Climate Change and National Security
Conversation between Ms. Tamar Zandberg, Israeli Minister of Environmental Protection, and Dr. Shira Efron, Senior Research Fellow, INSS
- Panel | The Northern Collapse: The Future of Lebanon and the Implications for Israel
Moderator: Dr. Gallia Lindenstrauss, Senior Research Fellow, INSS | Participants: Lt. Col. (ret.) Orna Mizrahi, Senior Research Fellow, INSS, former deputy head of the National Security Council (NSC) • Mr. Tony Badran, Research Fellow, FDD • Dr. Haggay Etkes, Senior Research Fellow, INSS
- Discussion | National Security Index 2021-2022
Ms. Ruth Pines, Researcher, INSS and Zipi Israeli, Senior Research Fellow, INSS
- Greetings
Dr. Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Bahrain's Undersecretary for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of Derasat
- Panel | The Iranian Threat and the Nuclear Talks in Vienna
Moderator: Ms. Sima Shine, Senior Research Fellow, INSS | Participants: Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, UANI Chairman, former United States Senator • Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School. Former director of the Israeli Defense Intelligence • Ambassador Zvi Magen, Senior Research Fellow, INSS • Dr. Ebtesam Al Ketbi, President of Emirates Policy Center (EPC)
- Interview | The Tension between Russia and Ukraine
Conversation between Ambassador Zvi Magen, Senior Research Fellow, INSS and Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel, Managing Director, INSS
- Discussion | Will the US Abandon the Middle East?
Moderator: Col. (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch, Senior Research Fellow, INSS | Participants: Mr. David Schenker, Taube Fellow and Director of the Program on Arab Politics, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, former US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs • Ms. Dana Stroul, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East
- Interview | Where is Israel Headed?
Conversation between Lt. Gen. (ret.) Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of Israel and Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel, Managing Director, INSS
- Closing Address | Lt. Gen. (ret.) Benny Gantz, Israeli Minister of Defense: Israel’s Security Challenges
