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Memorandum No. 105, Tel Aviv: Institute for National Security Studies, August 2010
The memorandum, which focuses on the critical challenges facing Israel one year into the Obama administration and the Netanyahu government, compiles the presentations given by the speakers at the INSS third annual international conference.
Contents
Preface 7
Part I: The National Assessment
Amos Yadlin
Israel’s Strategic Challenges 17
Part II: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Dan Meridor
Iran, the Peace Process, and the Future of War:
Strategic Issues for the Coming Year 35
Tzipi Livni
Ensuring a Jewish Democratic State of Israel 43
Shaul Mofaz
A Proactive Approach to the Strategic Challenges 51
Ze’ev Binyamin Begin
The Middle East Coefficient: Back to Reality 57
Itamar Rabinovich
Diplomatic Responses to Strategic Challenges:
The Syrian Case 63
Shlomo Brom
Addressing Israel’s Strategic Threats 67
Part III: The International Prism
Martin Indyk
The US, Israel, and the Greater Middle East 73
James B. Cunningham
Challenges facing the Obama Administration 79
Sallai Meridor
The US and Israel in the Face of Regional Challenges 83
Dan Gillerman
Enlisting the Muslim World in the Peace Process 87
Shimon Stein
Europe and the Middle East 91
Part IV: The Iranian Challenge
Isaac Ben-Israel
Confronting the Non-Existential Iranian Threat 97
Giora Eiland
Deliberating a Military Option against Iran 101
Irwin Cotler
Iran: A Case Study for the International Resolve 105