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Memorandum No. 105, Tel Aviv: Institute for National Security Studies, August 2010
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In discussing the main challenges that Israel is facing today, I would like to try to be optimistic. Naturally, many people could question the reasons behind such optimism. Specifically, one could ask: “How can someone who spent so much time at the UN be that optimistic?” – especially someone who represented Israel at the UN for nearly six years, and who lives in this very tough neighborhood and in this very dangerous world, with terror stretching from Istanbul to Islamabad, from Cairo to Calcutta, and with rogue regimes and terror organizations proliferating. All these elements make this world truly one of the most ominous and dangerous we have lived in since World War II, or maybe even more dangerous, because at least during World War II one was able to identify clearly who the enemy was, and the confrontations and hostilities took place between states.Today, rogue regimes, terror organizations, and non-state groups make our world an extremely dangerous one.